Evening star., 1919-12-23
HENRY LANSbURGH
NAMED POTENTATE
AImas Temple Holds Annual
EIection-2,OOO Have Good
Time as Votes Counted.
.Almas will shine tonight.

When the sun goes down and the moon comes UP.
Almas will shine
With an enthusiasm unprecedented
in the history of the order fully 1000
members of Almas Temple. y. \. o.
y. NJ. $. gathered in the large ball
room of the New willard Hotel last
night to hear the results of the an
nual election of officers, the voting
for which had been in progress from
o'clock in the afternoon until S:i3
in the evening, and when at 12:oo
am. announcement was made that the
ticket headed by Henry Lansbursh.
running for potentate. was in the
lead. it is declared that the cheering
that followed by both victors ard van-
pushed has never been equaled in the
hotel.
All afternoon and early evening the
elevators running to the tenth floor
of the hotel were crowded with little
bands of men intent on futhlilng
promise made to leaders OF the two
factions of Almas Temple. who had
been working indefatigably for three
weeks in the interests OF thelr IaNor-
it's candidates. and at O'Clock. When
the tellers of election retired To couht
the ballots. the spacious ballroom OF
the hotel was crowded TO the uooiS'
Suspense Is Broken.
II was predicted by all that the
election would be close, especially Tor
potentate. and when the suspense was
broken and Acting Potentate Lou,9 n9
\. Dent announced that of the i.4ss
Lansburgh had received .>' ana L.
Whiting Estes, the retiring poteh-
tate. IL. bedlam broke loose.
Mr. I.ansburgh was llnhleuiat.'s
surrounded by a crowd OF aohii, i'!S
friends and after being ushered 10
thc nIatform. shook the hand OF the
man he had defeated and deiiVereu
short address of acceptance
The first returns to be received h4
Mr. Dent were to announce that W 10
dom D. Brown had been elccteu as-
sistant rabban over Charles y. Shac-
kleford by 76S to 725 votes. Foilo"
ing this the teIlers sent in word that
Leonard p. Steuart had won over
James A. West for the office OF chief
rabban by ISL to 721, and that George
Duvan. jr.. running for high priest
and prophet. had been elected over
Alvin a. Phelps by So4 to tb9-
Late in Reaching Decision.
The Offices of oriental guide. treas
urer and recorder We're practically
uncontested. John a. EllingeT. Francls
A. Sebring and Harrison Dingman be-
ing elected. respectively, almost unan-
imously but owing to the cloSeneSS
in the race for the fourth represent
ative to the Imperial Council to be Sc
lected from the seven candidates
q. IL
night that the final result was deter
mined.
Forced to call extra tellers to help
tabulate the vote for these offices.
during which time the large audience
was kept in high spirits by the talent
of the order. it was announced at IL
O'Clock that three of the seven cam
didates. Henry Lansburgh, Roe Full
kerson and Lawrence Walker. had re-
ceived the necessary majority for
election. Mr.. Fulkerson running far
ahead of the ticket. polling 1879
votes out of a possible 1'4!S. Mr.
Lansburgh polled SOS votes for rep
resentative and Mr.. Walker S09.
AS none of the four remaining cam
didates had qualified, second vote
was cast. and il was announced that
Leonard P. Steuart had won out over
James T. Gibbs. by 120 votes out of
100 polled. This gave the Lansburgh
ticket a clean sweep of the election.
Crowd Is Entertained.
During the evening the waiting
crowd was kept in an uproar by mem
bers of Almas. Roe Fulkerson related
in his inimical way how he had beaten
the prohibition law while on i recent
trip to Alabama. Capt. Carl Flather
of the first precinct. after being in
formed that Maj. Pullman was attend
ing the Monday Evening Club. removed
his coat and vest. intrusted his
shooter to Francis Sebring. and pro-
ceeded to dance "shimmy that
would have made the most ambitious
cabaret dancer jealous.
Addresses were delivered by L. Whit
ing Estes, Francis Sebring, George
Duvall. jr., John \. Ellinger, James s.
Mccarthy. Carter E. keene. julius l.
Peyser. Henry Lansburgh, Wisdom d.
Brown, Louis A. Dent, Harry A. Yet
ton and John NJ. Taylor. a visiting
noble from Bedouin Temple, Muskogee.
Okla.
Marc Kahn won applause by his rem
dition of What We Want and What
We Get Are Not Always Just the
Same" Sol Gluck delivered a selec-
ton from Matthew Arnold's works
with dramatic effect.
Louis Brown. assisted by the Almas
Quartet furnished the music for the
evening.