The Washington times., 1922-10-10
TOMAKE
CAPITAL SAFE
FOR SHR|NERS
Home Defense League and Boy
Scouts to Help Regular
Police.

The greatest police protection pro-
gram ever worked out In the Dis
trict Of Columbia In today being
planned for the annual session or the
Shrine temples of North America IN
this city next June.
Inspector Clifford Grant, chief Of
detectives, acting for Commissioner
James f. Oyster, chairman OF the
Almas Temple public safety commit.
tee. has assured the committe: that
the police plans will surpass any
thing ever undertaken here. not ex'
cepting the inaugural program.
Every member of the Home De-
Tense League and the motor corps,
and every District Boy Scout will be
put on duty directing traffic and
keeping the sidewalks and streets
, clear. This will leave the regular
police force, excepting the regular
traffic force, free for actual police
work. In addition scores Of the
| best detectives from New York,
brought here.
Inspector Grant explained the
police plans to the Almas Temple
general committee at a meeting last
night in the Homer building head
quarters.
$4,000 Autos Coming.
At this meeting DIR. J. T. Prender-
CAST. chairman of the new automo.
bile parking committee, told the
Shriners that $4,000 automobile
parties would come to Washington
during the Shrine session. He de-
clared that this great number of ma
chimes, nearly half the number now
in the city. could be handled with.
out great difficulty and that ample
parking space already existed in the
city to handle that number Of extra
cars.
George Filmer, general chairman
OF the central committee in charge
Of the arrangements for 'ae San
Francisco session this year, who is
In Washington attending a Red
Cross convention, as manager Of the
Pacific coast division of the organiza.
ton, last night appeared before the
local committee and gave in detail
the experiences Of the San Fran.
| cisco Shriners in handling this
years session.
His outline or the San Francisco
plan for a general citizens commit
tee, to act in cooperation with the
Shrine committee. will be followed
here. This committee will be ap.
pointed under direction Of the Wash
ington Chamber OF Commerce and
the local civic and business groups.
and will include all the big business
| men in the city. 1t will be organized
closely along the lines OF the Almas
Temple committee and will act in CO.
operation with II on all the conven.
tion details.
viii Clean Up City.
One OF the main aims Of the citi-
zens' committee will be the under.
taking Of a wholesale cleanup"
campaign in Washington next
spring. Every home owner in the
city will be urged to paint his home
and put IT in repair. clean up his
yard, especially the front of his
premises. and to put his entire prop
erty into the best possible condition.
Local people will be asked to treat
themselves to new clothes and in
general to put the city in the most
favorable condition, so that the 5O0,-
600 visitors can go home with a real
pride in the National Capital.
Gen. Amos T. Fries, chairman of
the pageant committee, last night
outlined pageant features, which
will surpass anything ever attempt.
ed in this country. The pageants
will lay especial stress on the history
Of George Washington and the i'm.
portant events in the history of the
Capital.
The National Restaurant Assocja.
ton, now in session here, today wis
asked by the Almas Temple commit.
tee to cooperate in the feeding OF
the multitude to come here next
June,
Plans 10 Feed Crowds.
A letter from Executive Secretary
Harry Stamford to J. o. Mills,
general chairman Of the convention.
was today read to the restaurant
men and action is expected later
today.
"As a mass Of people unprec.
edented in the history Of the city
will be present, the question Of food
for them is one Of prime i'm.
portance," Mr.. Standiford wrote.
Two suggestions will be acted upon
by the convention. They are:
Commentator of the Imperial
Council session as an opportunity
for Washington restaurant men TO
demonstrate that Washington is the
greatest convention city in the
nation.
Commentator of the session as an
opportunity for the restaurant men
to take the lead in hospitable enter
tainment by the maintenance OF the
standard scale Of prices.
1t was announced today that 80 OF
the 1856 Shrine temples In North
America have already registered their
intention, of sending delegations to
Washington next June. There were
delegations from only ninety.four
temples present at San Francisco
during this years session.