Evening star., 1923-05-31
100000 TO GREET
|. SHRINE POTENTATE
Ceremonies Sunday at Union
Station to Formally Inau-
gurate Week.

Shrine week will be formally in
augurated at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. when Imperial Potentate James
S. McCandless is to lead his illustrious
caravan into Union station, accept the
salaams of 10000 mobiles gathered
there to bid him welcome and COM
mand the faithful to answer the muez-
zin's call to Sunday prayer.
Accompanied by 1000 favored mobiles
of Islam and Aloha temples. the omnip-
otent chief OF the Mystic Shrine
Francisco and this morning wired
convention headquarters here the
hour of his pompous entry into the
Mecca Of 1923. 1t will be for him the
end of long trek that began a month
ago in his island retreat in balmy
Honolulu.
Every Noble Ordered to Appear.
Every noble of Almas Temple has
been ordered to appear at Union sta
ton wearing his official fez to do
obeisance before the all powerful po-
tentate. An invitation has also been
extended to visiting Shriners to be on
hand in full regalia at the same time,
and 1t is expected thousands will at
tend. Government, city and local
Shrine officials are to extend the
formal welcome to the visiting chief
tain.
Several hours later. from the min
arets of Washington, the muezzin will
call the faithful to the city's temples,
where appropriate sermons and spe-
cial services are to be held in honor
of the visiting thousands. The entire
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ly to religious worship, concluding
with the mass service at Temple
Heights at 2:45 o'clock in the after
noon.
Rush to BE Felt in 4S Hours.
With virtually all caravans from
the Pacific coast and middle west en-
route. Washington will begin to feel
the first rush of the Shrine hosts
within forty-eight hours. Early Sat
urday morning the earliest of the
200 special trains that are due to
come here before next Tuesday will
arrive disembark their mobiles and
hurry to their parking grounds to
await the hour Of their trek back.
In the meantime thousands of
visitors are reaching the city daily
, on the trains that arrive here on reg
ular schedules. Others have come by
automobiles and some by boat.
large majority of those already here
will never be counted, since they
represent the bulk of the great body
of unknown visitors who are seizing
upon this occasion to visit relatives
or just come here as sightseers OF
their National Capital Official es-
Inmates, however. place the number
of guests now in Washington at more
than 10000.
Ready for 100000.
70 ~ IN fad
anxious. to receive the 300. 900 persons
who are to make the city their head
quarters next week. Decorations have
been finished, the Garden of Allah will
be completed this afternoon and every
person officially attached to Shrine
boards has received final instructions
and now waits, enjoying the compare
tive quiet that exists before the storm
Of next week.
At a meeting of the Shrine execu-
tive committee in the Homer Build
ing last night, the chairman of all of
the 80 committees reported their work
complete. The last grandstand seat
| tickets are being mailed today and
| those allotted for public sale are being
gobbled up faster than the committee
can provide them. Should conditions
warrant 1t, an additional stand may
street and Washington Circle. but
this project has not been decided
upon.
Police Perfect Plans.
The police department., augmented
by trained detectives from other
cities and Shrine guards, has per-
fected its plans for handling the
crowd and curbing crime. In an
emergency the Army and Marine
Corps stand ready to assist the
authorities.
Detectives and Department of JUS
tice agents are watching all stations,
docks and roads leading into Wash
ington for men and women known to
be of questionable character. Should
any Of them attempt to get in during
Shrine week they will be promptly
ordered to stay out, and should they
persist will be arrested and held for
investigation" This plan is expected
to keep the city especially clear OF
pickpockets and women OF question