Evening star., 1924-04-01
SHRINE TAXES IN
SIXTY CANDIDATES
AImas Temple Initiates
Members at Formal
Ceremony.

Sixty candidates were initiated into
tkc mysteries Of Ama& Temple, An
t,tcnt Arabic order, Mobiles of the
Mystic: Shrine, at ceremonies held at
tGc President Theater last night as
the climax of the visitation OF I'M
porial Potentate Conrad V. pykemah'
High government officials were
among the hundreds who packed the
thcater to witness the degrees given
y large oil painting Of the late Fresl-
dent Harding. who was n member OF
the order, was presented to the I'M
perial notentate by Almas Temple.
The presentation was made by Po-
tentate Harry +. Cary. The cere-
'm0nial last night followed a business
session Of the local temple at noon
and a dinner to the visiting lmpe-
rial potentate at the Washington
Hotel.
Entertainment Program Held.
Entertainment features formed, the
f'~st part of last nights ceremonial,
after which Rev. John c. Palmer. ora
tor of the Shrine. gave the candidates
their final instructions. aud Past Po-
frutatr l.. l.. Steuart delivered the
charge.
President Coolidge today received
Mr.. pyk-mau at the White House.
MIR. py Bltman during an exchange Of
greetings. assured the President Of
the good wishes of the members of
the order which he heads. He was
accompanied by Mrs. DEkcman, Mr.
and Mrs. Barton Fell If New Jersey
NIr. and Mrs. Edward Lyons of Brook
lNn and their daughter and two sons
and Mr. and Mrs. l.. +. Steuart, the
former past illustrious potentate of
AImas Temple. Washington.
Received in blue Room.
Before being received by the
President in his office Mr.. Dy>eman
and his party We're informally re
crived in the blue room OF the White
House by Mrs. Coolidge.
Mr.. Dykemau said that he will
lro to Richmond from Warrington
and that his southern trip will take
aim to Norfolk. Roanoke, Va; Knox
willie and Chattanooga, Tenn; At
44nta, Ga; Shreveport and New Or
leans. La.
Those initiated were: Manuel RoXas
Acuna, Claude \. Adler. Arthur y.
anderson. Henry p. Beeson, Piatt II.
Hirrh, Roy Early Blick. Edmund l..
Drowning. Michael T. Bunke, Este
{ Chapman. William L. Cissel, John c.
conner. John j. Detibaugh, Theo
Lacy Edmiston. Henry @. Erwin, Her
bert l.. Evans, Alfred Nelson Finn.
Louis G. Freeman, Victor A. CASTOR
Ernest b. Gentle, Myrton L. Gaming,
Arthur c. Gorbach, Thomas NJ. Cor
such, Samuel r. Grant, William v.
Hardie, Irving L. Holmes. William II.
I. Hoist. Morris Jaffe, Israel Levinson,
Arthur H. Levy. Seth D. Logsdon,
Homer b Millard, Clyde FL. Miller,
Charles w. Miller. julius F. Minchillo,
Robert w Muller. William Ii. over
sinner, Donald Z. Paul. Howard ).
Payne.
Frank E Penn, jr.; Eugene II. Phifer,
Arthur s. Pierce ROLAND w. Quesin-
berry David B. Raum, FendaO Irwin
Ray. Henry l.. Rose, Frank ). Roys,
= Lawrence Z. Roys, w. Stokes SanmonS.
Arthur Seagren. John q. Sherwood
Horace q. Smithy, Joseph Sperling.
Jacob Spund. Merriott ;. Walker Fred
Andrew Waters. Barrett :. Working,
Clarence jay West, John Henry Wick,
Jacob Zarin. Ernest ID. CaTenagh tfor
Sudan Temple of New Bern, \. c..
Reinstatements We're made as follows:
Charles r. Craig, l.lewellyn r. Gordon,
Reese T. Davidson. Frank +. Harris. Jo-
seph A. Devenny, Moody b. Smith,
CFprian p. Lancaster.
The following affiliations were an
aounced: Roy f. Atwood, Howard +.
Barker, Herbert l.. Brooks, Philip
Buscher Norman L. Ellsworth, Robert
q. Emerson, DR.. Bates Etchison. Fred
erick h Gauss, Wilson +. Harper, An
drew McCord, Champe c. McCulloch,
jr ; Frank McManamy, jerome Marshall,
James Miller, Edward A. Mel, jr. Mar
tin H, Rittenhouse, Augustus R. Shelby
William NJ Smith.