The Washington times., 1922-09-26
5000 SHR|NERS
PROMISED HERE
BY CALIFORNIA
Expect to Have 1000 Cars
In Motor Caravan, Says
Envoy.

Bringing a message from Pacific
coast Shriners, Blanks Everett.
secretary manager of the Oakland.
Cal, Chamber of Commerce, ar.
rived in Washington yesterday to
make preliminary plans for 5000
California mobiles who will attend
the imperial council here June ST
next. I
THE five shrine temples in our
State are planning to be on hand
1000 strong" Mr.. Everett said.
my own temple. Aahmes, which
Jointly with Islam at San Fran.
cisco, entertained the council last
June. Is making elaborate plans for
the Washington convention.
The second shrine motor cara
van will leave Oakland on May l
for the cross.country pilgrimage.
and we intend to pick up automo.
biles all along the route. We should
have at least 1000 cars In line by
the time we reach Washington.
Plans for Motorists.
Mr.. Everett is keenly interested
n what sort OF a camp site Wash
ngton is going TO furnish Shriner
Motorists. Oakland has one OF tie
most modern camp sites in the coun-
ry and he plans to furnish de-
allied report to the local committee
n how Oakland handles automobile
Jurists.
Oakland and San Francisco made
great name for themselves in en-
ertaining the last Imperial Council.
ut we understand Washington
,hriners are going TO go us one bet
err" Mr.. Everett said. I'm Shrine
ON, Almas Temple stands for do.
ng things on big scale so We
now that the council here is Ger
Iin to be a hummer.
"Our temple will send its entire
and and uniformed patrol ID l
nderstand two other temples in
Ir State will have their bands
re-"
Purpose Here Two-Fold
Mr.. Everett's visit to Washington
ad a two-fold purpose. First TO
lake plans for the Shriners and,
.cOnd. to arrange for the entertain
lent, in Oakland. on July l6, 1928.
# the National Educational Associa.
ion. With Fred NJ. Hunter. superin.
.cnSent of schools OF Oakland. Mr..
erett held conferences yester'
day with the executive board of the
educational association and with the
bureau OF education.
we expect to have at least 10000
teachers and educators at the CON
vention" he said. Washington s
public schools, colleges and univer
sites will have probably 800 at the
convention. and We hope to have n
special day set aside for educators
from the National Capital"
Oakland, which Is rated by busi
ness bodies and financial experts as
being the fastest growing western
city, has become one Of the most i'm
portant convention cities IN the
country, due TO its large convention
.lalls; its close proximity to San
Francisco and Yosemite National
Park: and its easy access by numer'
Gus railroads.
Many Rooms Needed.
Requests for thousands of hotel
looms for the week of June s.
when the annual session of the 1856
Mystic Shrine temples will begin
lere. have already been made with.
in less than a week after formal
invitations were issued to the va.
rious temples, it was announced
today.
Though the questionnaires have
been out less than a week every
hotel room in the city has been
filled and every additional request
from now on until next June must
be met by reservation of rooms in
private homes, building Of barracks
or pitching of a tented city.
Within five days after the formal
invitations were mailed from the
Almas Temple, 1923 Shrine com.
mittee headquarters, thousands of
ton registered as being certain
visitors and requested that rooms
be reserved for them.
The next few months are expect
ed to bring requests from fully
10000 Shriners for reservations.
Chairmen of two additional sub.
committees were announced today
bringing the total number Of com
mittee heads appointed to twenty.
one. Illustrious Potentate Leonard
p. Steuart, of Almas Temple. will
head the committee on the Impe.
rial Divan and Ladies'. his com.
mittee will see to the comfort OF the
imperial officers of the North
American Shrine organization and
their families.
Roe Fulkerson, past potentate Of
Almas Temple. and inspector gen.
eral Of the supreme council of the
southern Jurisdiction of the District
of Columbia, was named chairman
OF the program committee.
This leaves but nine appointments
to be made, as follows
Automobiles, automobile parking
ba ggage. banquets, pageant, public
order, purchasing, service and in
formation and entertainment. These
committee heads will be appointed
this week, bringing the general or
ganization to perfection and per
mitting the launching Of the finan
cial drive for the $3.50 600 enter
tainment and decoration fund.
Requests was received today from
the Newark IN. J) ter'ple for 15C
horses for the use of its mounted
patrol. This is the first request
OF this kind yet received, and opr ms
new problem for the local com
mittee to dispose OF.
Chairmen OF the committees 80
far named were introduced to the
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