The Washington times., 1922-10-17
100 Of SHRINE
TEMPLES ARE
LISTED TODAY
All Records Smashed for Ses-
sion Attendance-Bur-
Iesque Program.

One hundred Shrine temples, in
all parts OF North America. have
registered for the Imperial Council
session in Washington next June.
II was announced today at the Almas
Temple headquarters. This number.
though seven months in advance OF
the session, Is already six greater
than the total number Of temples
San Fra ancisco session OF last spring.
Washington passed the San Fran.
cisco mark last Saturday, when
Wahabi Temple, of Jackson, Miss,
registered ss the 'ninety.fifth temple.
The ninety.fourth temple to register,
bringing the Washington mark
equal to that Of San Francisco. was
the San Francisco Islam Temple.
host at the last Imperial Council
session.
New Registrations Today.
The four new temples. which
registered today. are Egypt and
Morocco Temples. OF Florida: RI
MAZDA Temple, Ell Paso. Tex. and Mt.
Sinai Temple. OF Montpelier. VI.
Morocco and Ell MAZDA Temples sent
delegations to San Francisco last
year. but the other two temples
registered today have been unable
to send delegations for the past two
years, and ii is expected that they
will send the largest delegations in
their history TO the Washington
session.
The two Florida temples. which,
with Mahi Temple. already r"g-
istered, complete the list OF Florida
temples. will require at least 200
rooms, Ellwood p. Morey. chairman
OF the Almas Temple housing CON.
mittee. was informed today.
They requested that they be given
headquarters in hotel having a
large ballroom so that the three
Florida temples might hold State
entertainments for all Floridians in
Washington during the session.
Another Record Broken.
Washington has already far sur
passed the San Francisco session
in the number of Pullman cars
chartered for the housing of visitors
during the session. At the western
metropolis there were 80 Pullmans
parked in the city during the week
of the session, while 207 have already
been chartered for next June. and
tentative provisions made for ap-
prOXimately five times that number
The spirit of cooperation Wash.
inGtonians are displaying in the pre-.
parationS for the coming of the 500
600 visitors expected here next June
10 hntN oil, -, 10 II l.,
hotels and housing committee Of
which Ellwood r. Morey is chnir.
man. This committee has air rady
received two voluntary offers from
Washington educational institutions
Of their entire housing facilities for
the visitors
The Bliss Electrical School CT.
fered rooms for 200 visitors Plans
are being made TO house members
OF one OF the automobile caravans
there.
Today Mr.. Morey received an of
fer from Jessie Freeman. assistant
principal Of the Columbia School for
Girls. 1889 Eighteenth street north.
| west. OF the entire dormitory facili-
ties OF the school. More than 100
| guests can he accommodated there.
Big Barbecue Saturday.
The big barbecue and outing to
be held Saturday by Almas Tenple
| is attracting the interest of Shrincrs
in all parts of the country. The
affair will be one of the most
| elaborate OF its kind ever held here
The Richmond Shriners will send
their crack Arab patrol here TO
| compete with the Almas Ter'ple
| natrol during the afternoon. AMI it
is expected challenges may be re.
ceived from other patrols.
A Shrine automobile caravan will
form at the Ellipse. just south Of
the White House. at =. H.. Satur.
day. and will leave at r:3O for the
Noyes farm, at Sligo, Md, where
the barbecue will take place.