The Washington times., 1923-04-23
CLEAN CITY FOR
SHR|NERS
URGED
losing of Pennsylvania Avenue
to Traffic During Session
Is Requested.

Every property owner in the Dis
trict of Columbia, is today urged by
Commissioner Rudolph's citizens
committee to begin Immediately the
most thorough cleanup campaign In
the history of the city, in prepare
ton for the coming Shrine session
In June.
George Pitt, chairman of the sub
committee of the citizens commit
tee, urges that this cleanup work
be pushed as rapidly as possible, 50
that it may be completed before the
decoration of the city begins.
This city must be put in the
best shape in its history" declared
Pitt. 1.-THE National Capital is on
exhibition before the nation. Our
slogan In The World Is Coming to
Look Us Over We must put this
city in such condition as to spread
its fame throughout the nation as
the cleanest, freshest community In
America.
The cleanup must be thorough.
These people are not only going to
lOssk at the outsides Of our homes
II Ausands upon thousands of them
are coming into our homes as our
guests.
ssSpare no effort in putting your
property in its best condition. Get
everything in order and don't spare
the paint. This is Washington op-
portunity and we must make the
most of 1t.
Amendment of the Commission.
ers' order for the regulation OF traf-
fic and the providing OF one-Way
streets. by including the closing of
PENNSYLVANIA avenue to all but the
most necessary traffic during the
three days of the session, was re-
ouested today by Harry G. Kimbali,
chairman Of the bands and concerts
committee.
rseIt is not sufficient merely to
close the Avenue during the pa
rades and pageants," he said:
''There will be tens upon tens or
thousands of people walking up
and down the Avenue. Experience
At the two past sessions, in San
Francisco and Des Moines, has
shown that the main thoroughfares
are absolutely jammed with peoes-
TRANS. In both those cities the
thoroughfares were absolutely closed
to vehicular traffic.
'.There will be band concerts and
patrol drills going on along the
Avenue all day during the session.
There will be band stands at Sew
enth street, in front of the Dis
trict building and at the Treasury,
where visiting bands will play every
hour during the day. People must
stand in the street to hear these
concerts. Bands ond patrols will be
marching to and from the stands
: and drilling places. To permit uIl-
restricted traffic will be to create
q maelstrom which will be fatol to
: the peace and security of the visi-
tors
Potentates Leonard p. Steuart to-
day issued orders that all members
of the Almas Temple divan are to
be mounted during the Shrine pa
rades. In addition, Gus Buchholz,
marshal for the porades. is Gre
ating a picked mounted escort or
forty men. They will be mounted
upon pure black horses, carefully
picked for size and appearance.
Each man in the patrol will be
dressed in a tuxedo, with a red,
green and yellow sash over the
shoulder, and with the Shrine fez.
The riders will be, as nearly as
possible, of the same size, and all
must be good horsemen. Volunteers
for this patrol are asked to report
to Buchholz at the Occidental.
The Almas Temple divan will be
mounted upon the finest black
horses obtainable. Stables in scores
or nearby States are being searched.
Wisdom D. Brown, Chief Rabban.
today ordered magnificent mount
from one of the leading Kentucky
stables. This horse, closely related
to the great Man o. War, Is spir-
tied black with a white star on the
forehead as it's only marking:
Mounted on this mettlesome animal
the Chief Rabban challenges all
members OF the divan to excel him.