Evening star., 1923-06-01
First of 200 Special Trains
to Discharge 500 Mobiles
From Missouri.
35, 900 ALREADY HERE,
HEADQUARTERS REPORTS
Auto Tourists Pouring Into Capt.
tai From All Points-Trafic
Jam Averted.

The main body OF Shrine hosts will
begin to arrive in Washington to-
morrow afternoon. when the first
three Of 200 special trains due here
before Tuesday morning disembark
500 jolly mobiles from temples of the
distant west. From that moment
Union station will be the scene of an
ever-growing throng, until by Wed
nesday morning. it is estimated, that
mroe than 100000 persons will have
passed through the gateway into the
Mecca of 1923.
Abou Ben Adhem Temple of Spring
field. Mo, will have the distinction
OF getting its representatives into
Washington first. Their train will ar
rive at Union station at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. II will be follow
ed by specials bringing the mobiles Of
Isis Temple of Salina. Kan, and Nile
Temple of Seattle. Wash.
Reports that first estimates of the
number of visitors that would be in
Washington next week had been ex-
aggerated were denied by the trans
portation committee and Potentate
Steuart today. 1t was stated that
not only would every railroad bring
here the number of trains first an
nounced, but that in some instances
/ extra cars had been added
Potentate Comes Sunday.
| Sunday morning Imperial Potentate
| James S. McCandless will lead his
| caravan into Union station and be-
hind him will come dozens of other
pilgrim trains, all headed for the
! imperial conclave in Mecca. Thirty
| five special trains will reach Wash
ingtoIt Sunday. exclusive of that used
by the imperial potentate and his
body guard from Islam and Aloha
/ temples.
In the meantime other pilgrims.
travelling from distant cities by auto
| mobile, are already arriving by the
scores. Still more are coming on the
regular trains running to Union sta
| tlon and all railroads reported today
that a progressive increase in traffic
has been on for the last week. At
| Shrine headquarters this morning IL
| was estimated that $4,000 persons
were already settled here for the con
vention, although it is impossible To
determine the exact number. since the
vast majority are not subject to
registration
Parking Camps Open.
Every parking camp in Washington
| has been thrown open, ready TO re-
ceive the motorists. whose numbers
will increase rapidly before Sunday.
Although there are now thousands Of
visiting machines in the city, the
| presence of traffic guards at virtually
every corner in the business district
has resulted in the stream being han
| died SO expeditiously that the casual
| observer scarcely notices the increase
One of the most sensational spec
| tacles of Shrine week festivities will
| be the fireworks display next Thurs
day evening at 10 o'clock, on the
| Monument grounds. Ten thousand
| dollars will be burned up in pyro-
| technic features the like of which
| Washington or any other city has
| never seen. Forty truck loads of fire.
works of every description have ar
rived here from the International
] Fireworks Company of New York
| city.
40 Numbers on Program.
| A number of the displays will be
! typically Masonic. one representing
| the initiation of the poor blind candi-
date. Another will constitute the ex-
plosion of 500 shells simultaneously
and, all told, the show will consist of
| 120 different numbers. An aerial sa =
| lutte of 101 shells will announce the
opening of the display. Immediately
| after the historical pageant. 1t will
| end just before the dance of the
| states gets under way at midnight
| Less pretentious displays of fire
works will be shown Monday and
| Tuesday nights and during the ma
| rine pageant. at Q o'clock Tuesday
! afternoon. The exhibitions of Mon
! day and Tuesday evenings will be
| held from either end of Pennsylvania
! avenue at the Treasury and the
Capitol grounds.