The Washington times., 1925-06-01
SHR|NERS open
Los ANGELES
MEETING
Fifty Thousand on Hand as
Fifty-first concIave Gets
Under Way

LOS ANGELES, June Fifty
thousand strong, mobiles Of the
mystic shrine opened their fifty
first conclave here today with dele.
cations from every section OF the
country in attendance.
To the music of fifty bands and
700 chanters, the Shriners claimed
Los Angeles, gayly eanopied in
scimitar and crescent.
The annual meeting of temple
recorders at Catalina Island and
the arrival Of James E. Chandler
of Kansas City, imperial potentate,
with caravans of thirty-six Eastern
temples, marked the opening days
program which win climax with a
midnight entertainment for the
visitors.
Tomorrow the opening ceremony
OF the imperial conclave will be
staged in Los Angeles coliseum.
Philadelphia, Akron, Ohio, and
Denver, the home Of James G..
Burger, who will be mobiles new
potentate. are the leading bidders
Medinah Temple, of Chicago, with
today.
Other temples with large delega-
tions are: Dallas, Texas 200; San
Francisco, 500; Oakland. 400; Detroit,
500; Cedar Rapids, 225; Hammond,
Indiana, 100: Milwaukee, fifty:
Lewistown, Indiana, fifty; Min
neapolis, 100: indianapolis, 100;
Denver, ESQ: Davenport, Iowa, 100;
Lincoln, Nebraska, 100; Akron,
Ohio, 200: Houston. Texas, 800.
Special entertainments during the
week were announced today for
wives of the mobiles, including the
wives of the members of the i'm
perial divan. who are: Mrs. j e.
Chandler, Kansas City; Mrs. James
c. Burger, Denver; Mrs. Davis Cros-
land. Montgomery, Ala; Mrs. E.
A. Fletcher, Rochester. N. Y; Mrs.
Thomas J. Houston, Chicago; Mrs.
Earl C. Mills, Des Moines. Iowa,
and Mrs. Cliffor Ireland, Norfolk,
Va.
The pageant scheduled for the
night of June 4 will be made up of
more than $50 electrically lighted
floats, depicting the history Of the
motion picture and showing for the
first time in such manner how
pictures are produced.
Desert storms, blizzards, rain
fall and other spectacles. Of the
studio will be produced. with every
cinema organization in Los Angeles
contributing to the night drama.
Every equipment used in the pic
ture industry will be shown in the
parade, and countless gorgeous
scenes will be enacted for the
Shriners! with hundreds of actors,
including many stars, taking part.
. "a Ii. =
ever attempted on large scale,
will be the feature of the gather.
ing, according to Motley H. Flint,
who is in charge of arrangements
for the Shriners' meeting.
According to Flint, every civl..
patriotic and business organization
in Southern California has com
pleted plans to aid in the entertain.
ment OF the visitors.
Important events in the Shriners'
entertainment program are as fol.
lows:
June 2-Parade of bands, patrols
and chanters to escort imperial di-
van and representatives to the Los
Angeles Coliseum, where opening
exercises Of the Imperial Council
will be held.
June 8. a. m.-Exhibition drills of
visiting patrols and concerts b.
visiting bands.
June 3, p. Unofficial Shrine
night parade.
June 4, a. m.-Exhibition drills OF
visiting patrols and band concert
by visiting bands.
June 4, p. m.-Motion pfctu0e
pageant.
June 5-Floral parade by schoo,
children.
June 6-Civic parade, In which
all branches Of the various Federal.
State. county and Los Angeles nlu.
nicIpal departments. will take part.