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BIGGEST GATHERING
/ More Than 100000 Visitors Expec-
ted From All The States at The
Knights Templar ConcIave Next
September.


Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 14.-In
September next this city will entel-
tain more visitors from every one of
the forty-eight States than have ever
been entertained at one time by any
other American city.
The occasion will be the Thirty
fourth Triennial Conclave of the
Grand Encampment, knights Temp
| lar of the United States, and Knights
Templar, members of their families
and friends from nearly every city
and town in the entire country are
now arranging to attend.
| Coming so soon after the ternaina
| tion of the great war, the occasion
! has developed into more than an iii :
mense convention proposition. In
fact, the conclave, gigantic in itself,
attracting between 100000 and 250,-
900 visitors, has already developed
into an International Peace Jpbile
celebration, in which not only the
Knights TGemplar and all their Ma
sonic friends, but the entire city, in
Guiding all its official and business
world, trade organizations, ETC., have
joined in making the conciave mark
the beginning Of new era ir Anleri
can history.
The program for the conclave Gov
ers an entire week, beginning Satur-
day, September 6, and Terminating
Friday, September T. The real Dig
days of the week, however, will3 be
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, during which time the
bulk of the army of visitors from all
the States will remain in the city.
On Monday President Wilson, mem
bers of his Cabinet, Governors of a
number of the States who are
knights Templar, Congressman, ar
my and navy officers and business
and professional men from all parts
of the country, including 4 number
of visitors from Canada aud Great
Britain, will participate in monster
patriotic meeting to be held in Inde-
dence Hall, the Cradle of American
Liberty" where the Declaration of
independence was signed. 1t is be-
lieved that President Wilson will on
that occasioosaddress his fellow citi-
zens of tt5ountry upon the most
important subject of the countryS
future needs.
The triennial parade of tie:
Knights Templar Of the United Stats:
which will be held on Tuesday, Sci
teniber g. will have between 40s0t45
and $4,000 men in line and viii be
headed by Major General Charles M.
Clement, of Pennsylvania, who train
ed the Twenty-eighth Division of the
army and which division, known as
the Iron Division" made such
heroic name for itself on the battle
fields of France. This parade will
be the knights Templar tribute to
every man of the country who serv-
ed in any capacity In the united
States army, navy and marine corps.
This is the first time in the history
of knights Templarism that the
knights Templar have paraded in
honor of any one not members of
the Order.
On the evening of Sept. 9 mon
ster ball will be held, and arrange
ments are being made for accommo-
dations for $4,000 people.
For the visitors from the middle
west, the south, southwest and far
western States, Wednesday, Septem-
Der 10, will be d memorable day, as
arrangements are now under way
for a review of large fleet Of Ameri
can battleships, cruisers, torpedo