The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-14
SHRINE rs.
|RED BY
LIES
Denounce Tales of ''Gouging''
and "Four-FIushing" AS
Malicious Falsehoods.

Strenuous efforts to locate the
individuals or organizations re-
sponsible for the lies now being
circulated through the country
tending to belittle Washington in
connection with the coming Shrine
convention are being made today
by the Almas Temple 1923 Shrine
committee.
"AutO Ban" Is Latest Canard.
Stories have been circulated wide
| ly that Washington hotel people
are planning to gouge visitors. that
| there will be insufficient rooms, and
that the Alnlas Temple committee
has been -four flushing with re-
gard to the plans for the coming
session.
The latest canard to be launched
is that all visiting automobiles are
to be banned and that no cars win
be allowed to cross the District
Line. The first word the commit
tee had regarding this story came
today from a Shriner in Syracuse.
NJ Y, who wrote that the an
no1ncement had been made in his
city that no automobiles would be
admitted to Washington and re.
questtng that his reservations be
cancelled, as he refused to come
by railroad
This latest lie is absolutely
without foundation and so patiently
ridiculous that it would be funny
were it not so dastardly," declared
Illustrious Potentate Leonard p.
Steuart. There can be no reason
for such lies other than a malicious
intent to injure the National Capital.
1t is the duty of every Washing
tonian to refute such propaganda.
Parking for 10000 Cars.
Eve are going to use every means
at our command to fight such lies.
1t is almost unbelievable that any
one for any motive that one might
imagine should start on their way
such falsehoodS about the National
Capital. The Shrine is certainly
grieved to find that there should be
any false statements made about the
nations chief city and considers 1t
patriotic duty to refute them.
Contrary to any misstatement
about there being no automobiles
allowed, there have been provisions
made for parking space for 10000
cars during Shrine week We are
making every preparation for re-
ceiving visitors, no matter how they
come, and we are not going to
permit any ASPIRATIONS to be cast
on our hospitality. after Washing
ton citizens, as a body, have thrown.
open their homes, contributed $780,
900 for the entertainment and COM
fort OF the visitors, and made
every effort to prepare for as
great crowd as ever thronged the
confines of the city of Washing.
ton"
Prepared for Big Caravans.
Already 1000 automobiles have
been assigned parking space and
applications are being handled as
rapidly as received, 1t was an
nounced today by c. M. Wright,
wee chairman of the automobile
parking committee. The largest
delegation coming by automobile
from single temple will come in
800 automobiles from Syria Temple,
PITTSBURGH. The transcontinental
caravan, which left San rancisco
May ], is daily growing in proper
Iloh ana VIII number thousands of
vans are starting from points as
far distant as Fargo, N. D.. and
Nova Scotia.
Automobile sightseeing provis-
ions have been made for visiting
shriners who do not bring their
own automobiles. two routes hav-
ing been laid out with a specially
constructed loading platform south
of the Treasury Department as the
starting point. The volunteer cars
TO operate over these routs will bear
the sign Hop in Noble"
The National Motorists Associa.
tion TO-DAY announced plans to as
ington. The association will have
scout cars all around the city on
main arteries to lead visiting mo-
florists through the city to their
camps and parking places. The
service VIII be free of charge.