New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-07-11
PHILADELPHIA TO
ENTERTAIN OVER
100000 VISITORS
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CON.
OLAVE IN SEPTEMBER
WILL PROBABLY BE LARG.
EST GATHERING EVER
HELD IN THIS COUNTRY

In September Philadelphia will en-
tertain 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 Tenn
plar 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 at
tend.
Coming so soon after the termina-
ton of the great war, the occasion
has developed into more than an
/ immense convention proposition. In
fact, the conclave, gigantic in itself,
attracting between 100000 and $50
900 visitors, has already developed
1 INTO an international Peace Jubilee
celebration, in which not only the
Knights Templar and all their Ma
sonic friends, but the entire city, in
Guiding all its official and business
worlds, trade organizations. etc,
have Joined in making the eonclave
mark the beginning Of a new era in
American history.
Solid Week of Entertainment
The program for the conclave COW
ers an entire week beginning Satur-
I day, September 3, and terminating
Friday, September II
/ On Monday President Wilson,
members OF his cabinet. Governors
Of a number OF the States who are
Knights Templars, Congressman, army
F and navy officers and business and
professional men from all parts Of
the country, including a number Of
visitors from Canada and Great Bril-
tain, will participate in a monster
patriotic meeting to be held IN IN
dependence Square adjoining Inde-
ipendence Hall
Templars to Honor Fighters
The triennial parade Of the Knights
j Tcmplar OF the United States, which
i will be held on Tuesday. September
9. will have between 10000 and So.
900 men in line. This parade will
be the Knights Templar tribute 10
every man OF the country who served
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 September a
monster ball will be held, aud ar
rangements are being made for ac-
commodations for 10000 people
Review of Warships
For the visitors from the middle
west, the south southwest and far
western States. Wednesday Septem-
Der 10, will be a memorable day as
arrangements are now under way
for a review OF large fleet of Amer
lean battleships, cruisers, torpedo-
boats and submarines in the Deia-
ware harbor. 1t is expected that
large number of the more important
ships which saw service in foreign
waters during the war will take part
in the review.
Historical-1ndustrial Pageant
Thursday. September II, the Wis.
itors from all parts of the country
will be treated to a wonderful his
ortcal-industrial patriotic pageant
which will surely eclipse in elab-
crate detail anything ever before
attemlred in the country. While
Philadelphia has been given credit
for the holding of the first industrial
parade in the country-early in the
nineteenth century-it managed won-
derful trades DISPLAYS in 1882 on the
occasion OF the 2O0th anniversary Of
the landing of William Penn in 1887,
a monster trades display on the cen
tennial anniversary OF the Consti-
iutional Convention, and more re-
Gently in 1908. the 225th anniversary
Of the founding OF Philadelphia
In the Knights Templar historical
and industrial pageant the plans.
provide for one OF the greatest street
spectales ever witnessed in any Amer-
lean city.
Lee Stewart Smith, OF Pntsburg,
Grand Master of the Grand Encamp-
ment. who since the termination Of
the wa has been in communication
with Knights Tempar in every State,
reports that never before in the his
tory of the Order has there been so
much interest shown in a triennial
and believes that representatives
from every Grand Commandery in
the United States and of nearly all
the l44q subordinate commanderies
VIII participate VI tut AOutidFtt lHC
reports from the most distant COM
manderies located on the Pacific
coast are that several thousand of
their members will make the journey
from the Pacific to the Atlantic
Ocean The middle west States. as
well as the southwest and the south.
will be strongly represented. while
from the central and eastern States
the attendance is going 10 be ex-
ceeding heavy
Friday. September II. is known as
Atlantic City Day. the Knights Tenn
Dlar of New Jersey. and of Atlantic
City particularly. being very anxious
to have all visitors spend day IN
Americas greatest playground"
So complete is the program with
tours to the hundreds of points of
historical interest in and around
Philadelphia. tours to the worlds
leading industrial plants. locomotive
works. shipbuilding plants. entertain
ments. comrnandery receptions at the
various State headquarters. etc. that
there will hardly be a minute left
for any of the visitors TO get any
rest.