The evening world., 1913-06-12
J|lpIUM.STRO[LS
|NIOPElL STREET
]kND STILL LIVES
Man-Killers of Other Days
&. Walk Arm in Arm in Cele-
bration Of Peace Pact.
BIG BANQUET TONIGHT.
bdsi7.,
Distnct.Attorney and Others
to Dine With Delegates
From Many Cities.
BIG BANQUET TONIGHT

The yellow Triangle. OF Chatham
Square. old feud ground Of the tonss
and the place Of sudden assassInati
In the past, haunts the five-barred flag
Of the new Chinese Rspublic to-day,
with an air Of conscious reotitude. Sweet
peace envelops the 200 incoming dele.
gates 10 the great On Lsong Tong Con.
yention.
On Leong men walk on Pen street and
Hip Sing brothers sip tea In the once
q, forbidden territory Of Mott street. 1t u
the millennium Of Chinatown.
Not for almost ten years until to-day
had man. Of one clan dared to cross the
dead line into the territory Of the enemy
except on murder bent. Never during
years cf shootinxs and doorway murders
had Jim Gum and Charlie Boston, the
sissk, slick On Leong politicians, dared
to do what they did to-day--take A
brother On Long man from out Of town
over 70 call on the dear friends Of Mock
Duck On Psli street
oeleoATGe ANNivG FROM ALL
9ovEA the COUNTRY.
The delegates to the On Leong "taiky
talk" 6s0an arriving carly from chi.
caso. P1tsSoursh. Boston. Philadslphia
and the other cities Of the East where
the tong has chapters Of it, secret order.
Thsv were met At the Grand Central
aAd Pennsylvania stations by local
bsothers. eil decked out In yellow bsdxes
81 Welcome. and conveyed to the official
reception Siaos In nifty taxicsbs, Am. "A.
can styjA Moody cared. either. how
usSrby Ne taxtmetres taxed.
A. .Oa Lsong headquarters, No. n
Nett strest-ths place once housing
councils OF blood and reprisais-ths vis.
iting delegates were received by old
Tom Lee. the patriarch OF Chinatown
ana hrSt Of the yellow politicians. In
the shrine room. before the great glazed
Psan Of Fortune and under the green
asd sold goed.iuck signs. sat on Tom
Lee. like ssns benign and aged tortoise
dispensing wisdom.
nach visiting dsaseats - he entered
bowed Tow 70 the Little Grand
father Of the Tong, shook his hand in
American style and heard Q soft, whis-
psred word Of greeting from the mild
Old gentleman. Then Fong Flu Long,
the now President Of the local tong.
Introduced the visitor In turn to all the
neesoles oethe order assembled.
DRANK RICE WINE TO GLORY or
~ THE TONG.
After that eggshell cups were, passsa
and rice wine from the cellars below
the council rooms was slipped to the
Giory Of the tong and the new peace
that has descended upon the homes Of
the elect.
A score Of rooms in the houses
from No, 20 to No. - Mott street
hsvs been rented by the local chapter
Of ths association and furnished for
the reception Of the guests from other
cities. Thither each incoming crowd
Of delegates Was piloted. and the On
Leong brothers were disposed like
sAsdinss In . CANA sure circumst nc
10 test their vows Of fraternity.
No formal meeting Of the convention
will b held to-day. but tonight pro-
ceedings open with a great banquet in
the Port Arthur. .vhLch 10 advertised by
eecatsd word OF mouth through tho
crooked streets to-day as the last word,
from sharks an 70 iichee nuts, In ban.
Quses. There WIN bs only sixty-one
ooursss. ranging from dainty preser. ed
4ucks EGGS to the candied foot Of
eaemsse elephant. and oratory and song
'One piecss banklst" without doubt.
oIerHicr-ATroRNEY WILL At.
TEND the DINNER,
pistriot.Attorney whitman and Judge
Foster Of General Sessions, who were
instrumental In bringing about the
signing Of the protocol. will be the
guests OF honor. Speeches In Chinese
and Bnslish will be made by the Chi
nsss Consul-General in this city. Guy
Maine. . Mongolian lecturer Of the
Board Of Education; Mr.. Whitman.
Judge Foster. old Tom Lee. the veteran
leader Of the On Lsong Tong and On
FanS. secretary Of the Hip Sing Tong.
TIE frst course OF the banquet 10 10
be served at o'clock sharp. As is
usual ct Chinese banQuets, the last
course 10 scheduled to be on the table
some time after midnight.
SNUb BY c0HAlAN WON'T