The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
BUFFALO WILL
 GIVE STEAMERS
 WARM GREETING
Expect 100000 Visitors for Session of Imperial
 Council.

Buffalo, June 12-Advices receiv- ed at the Shrine national headquar- terS here from the many Shrine tenn pies of North America, including Hawaii and the Canal Zone are that this years imperial council session, July 11-13, will bring out more nobles of the order on pilgrimages than ever has happened, before. George K. Staples, general chairman of arrange nnts, estimates between 100000 and 100000 visitors will attend the ses- sion.
 This assemb1age of great caravans, as the Shriners is oriental phrase ology term their touring parties, is at tributed in large measure to the prosperous condition of the country although the attraction of Niagara Falls and the historic Niagara From tier and climatic conditions of the great lakes undoubtedly play their part. But prosperity is present or the Shrine temples could not make the lavih outlay they will upon special train tours to the imperial council meeting. Lulu temple of Phi1adel- phia will bring a mounted patrol of 100 men and an immense mounted band. A Texas temple will bring suf- f1cient shaggy burros to mount all its members. Calgary's temple will bring a bison from the herd in it's vicinity,
 
 present it to>the Buffalo Zoo. A Cal ifornia special train caravan will spend $15O,O0O on the equipment and expense of it's trans-continental jour ney:
 Scores of temples plan on leaving Buffalo to tour Canada and the East ern states while others will make trips up the Great Lakes. In anticipation of the convention and it's parade 5000 YnA of oif " e streets have been repaired. The Le- high Valley railroad will open its new $2,50O,00O station, one of several built and. planned in the terminal improvement program undertaken by the city and roads.
 As the result of the most compre- hensive hotel bookings arrangements ever undertaken by a big convention every Shrine delegation upon arrival in Buffalo will be escorted direct to it's hotel by the patrol of Isrnailia temple of this city and visitors will go to rooms assigned them before they leave home. This hotel reservation l scheme includes contracts between temples and hotels. vized by the local committee, and has been adopted to eliminate "sca1ping'' on hotel ac- comnodations, custom encountered in past conventions of magnitude where l by operators with reserved rooms have been able to charge as high as | $20 a day for choice $5 rooms when 1 the convention city became crowded. l It is said many other organizations plan to follow the Shrine system in | dealing with the rooming question here after.
 For the review of the great parade | of Shrine patrols and for the aud l fence who will witness a big out of doors entertainment program prepar- ed for the convention a grand stand | with 10000 seats is to be erected al the monument erectedl to President l Mckinley who died here after being | shot at the Pan-American exposition
 A representative of a Western tenn 1 pie who was in Toronto recently ar 1 ranging for a tour through the Do-
 minion to Montreal, brought back in
 formation today that the Toronto one.
 arrn-1unch rooms have reanmed ham burger sandwiches Salisbury sand.
 wfches because loyal Canadians ob. jected to the German name. He said
 the .restaurant-Inan told him it was suggested that 1imburger cheese 1 should be renamed in the same fash | ion but the restaurant men were
 afraid that any nobleman selected to godfather it might consider the use
 of his name in the connection in ba6
 odor and resent it asAthe reverse ol l an honor.