Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-26
Shrine SHIP
gets BIG ALOHA
FROM SEATTLE
Greatest Pilgrimage in History
of Order Completed Manila
Roster Is Increased

nUoICi 10 HtOt CQOOd
Completing the Creates pilgrimage
| in the history of their order. 15G No
bles Of the Mystic Shrine, members
/ Of their families and friends, repre-
senting every imporslnr temple IN
the United States and ..anada, reach
cd Seattle at / o'clock yesterday al.
ternoon from ports N :ae Orient,
| aboard the Great NortlaTn Steamship
ICompany's liner Minnesota, says the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer More than
eG00 persons, the greatest throlg ever
assembled On g Seattle pier to vel
come an oyer.cceal craft, greeted the
| Minnesota as she entered the slip at
| the Great Northern wharf, Smith cove
Nile temple band, which had been
playing popular selections from the
time the big liner hove in sight off
Magnolia bluff. struck up Home
Sweet Home and a mighty cheer
went up from the great tnrong at the
| pier.
Flying a full set OF multicoloredi
glags. the Shrine ship. presented a.
pretty sight as Capt. 0oJ Hall, the
veteran Puget Sound pilot negotiated
tie slip and made skillfIl landing
at the pier.
As the throng of Snriners came
down the gangway, muse Was fur
nished by Nile Temple band and the
ships Filipino orchestra stationed en-
ldeck The pilgrimage to the Orient
was made Under the auspices of Nj e
Temple, OF Seattle. and its object
/ was the comforting CT the order OF
shrinedom in full form on about 159
novices in Manila, who were added to
the roster of the Seattle temple. The
ceremony was performed on January
/ 81, and was the most elaborate ever
conducted .ouI5ide of the United
| States 1t was under the direction OF.
officers of Nile Temple acting by a
special dispensation Esanted BY I'm
/ per ial Potentate William w. Irwin
of West Virginia.
Many Festivities.
While in Manila the Shriners visit
/ ed Bilibid prison. went on an excuT-
sion to Los Banos an. the Pagsa1-
han gorge, and visited the Moro camp
at the exposition groun.s. There
were automobile rides aDout the city,
i q reception by Governor general and
Mrs. Harrison at Malacanang palace.
q reception by Bamboo Oasis, and a
banquet at the Manila hotel following
the initiation of the noyices.
i The big social event Of the weeks
/ Festivities at Manila was i grand ball
/ held in the Carnival auditdriurn. Just
before the ball the Shriners In a body
attended the Wedding OF Miss Myra
G. Benson and Leroy n Knettle, both
members of the party, who met for
the first time when me Minnesota
sailed from Seattle The Ger amony
was performed by Rev Paul Doltz Of
Iloilo at the Manila Presbyterian
lchlrch. The bride was given away
lhy Charles Bryant o; Seattle. Her
attendant was Miss Helen Blackburn
Of Tacoma while Purser Jerry Hen
derson of the Minnesota acted as best
man.
i The first official act of Potentate
John Rex Thompson when he stepped
ashore after his 10,0O0-nile Pilgrim
age to Manila was to sign a contract
with circus to handle a Shrine cir
icus for Nile Temple, April q. 28 and
| 20.
i The Minnesotan had an uneventful
voyage across the Pacific. being IA
vored by fine weather all the way.
Pledge Support to Seattle. .
i DR.. Augustus Havogil. Cincinnati;
Peter Pickton, Fargo. N D., and l.. G.
lBhl. Kansas, members OF the Ancient
Arabic Order Of Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, who made the pilgrimage TO
Manila and the Orient, last hight
pledged their support TO Nile Temple
in its bid for the 1915 convention at
the maeting in Atlanta, next May. The
Shriners spoke in Eagles hall at a re-
ception rendered the visitors by Nile
Temple.
Mayor Cotterill, John Rex Thomp-
son, illustrious potentate of Nile Tenn
Ese;; John r. Mclean and Daniel A.
Trefethen. past poteDfate5 of Nile
Temple; John G. Slater, Ellis Lewis
Garretson of Tacoma; Donald B. Oh
son and W. NJ Peasa maze addresses,
all urging unified effort in bringing
the 1915 convention to this city.
Gift to John [. Mclean.
John L. Mclean was presented with
a gold-handled ebony va.xing stick,
/ & gift Of the noyices of the Manila
class who were initiated in Manila,
January 81, by the members of Nile
Temple who made the pilgrimage.
The handle bore the coat of arms of
the Philippines and the emblem of
the Shriners. In Manila, Mr.. Thomp.
son was presented win a like gift
4 Seven hundred Shriners and their
! families were present at last nights
reception. A Filipino orchestra