Evening star., 1925-07-19

ready to leave points IN western
all points of the compass, by train and
by automobile, from every important
city in the United States, 10000 mem
bers of the Maccabees will be in Wash
ington by nightfall today, prepared
to begin the business sessions and
ioin in the incidental features or a
six.day convention, which is expected
to be the largest gathering of the
fraternaI order ever held in the United
States. One twenty-tifth OF the 2o0,-
600 membership of the order will
gather in Washington this week, ac-
cording to conservative estimates from
Maccabee headquarters. The more
sanguine members of the order place
the number in the Capital at from
20 900 to $4,000.
Virtually all the delegates have ar
rived and will arrive during the day
in automobiles. Parties were reported
?ready to leave points in Western
MARYLAND and southwestern Penn
sylvania, travelling from the Middle
West early today, to be in Washington
before nightfall. Others were com
ing from the South and from New
England and New York state points
Every hotel in the city will be throng-
ed with members of the order tonight,
while thousands more will establish
about the city.
1000 Autos Registered.
Preparations for the caravan trek
of Maccabees to Washington have been
in progress for more than year, and
more than 2 900 automobiles have been
registered, with half as many more
that have not registered expected
They will all take part in parade
on PENNSYLVANIA avenue tomorrow aft
ernoon. which, with its allegorical
floats and bands in motor cars, is eX-
nected TO be the largest automobile
parade ever known.
Although fewer in number than the
members of the Shrine or members
of the Holy Name Society who held
conventions in Washington in 1923
and 1924, the Maccabees1 1Mill take pos
session of the city as completely as
did members of those other organiza-
tions. scheduling various functions
ranging from the automobile parade,
through an initiation of the largest
group of candidates ever taken into
a fraternal organization, to boat trips
on the Potomac and, as a finale,
trip bv automobile to Chatham, Pa, to
inspect the international Home and
Relief Association for orphans and
aged members of the order.
AS the automobile caravans drew
near the city yesterday they were met
by official automobiles with members
of the reception committee and taken
direct to Headquarters in the Raleigh
Hotel. where most of the business Ses-
sions of the quadrennial convention
will be held From the Raleigh guides
conducted them to the hotels where
reservations had been made for them
or to the auto tourist camp where
space had been reserved for them.
The same procedure is being follow
ed today.
The convention will open formally
tomorrow with the automobile parade
at 2 o'clock, which will form on Mary
land avenue northeast and intersect-
ing streets from First to Third streets.
The route will be over First street
northeast to B street, to First street
northwest, to Pennsylvania Avenue,
down Pennsylvania Avenue to Treas
ury place, to east Executive Avenue,
to PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, to Nine
teenth street, to the Washington Au-
ditorium, at Nineteenth and E streets,
where it will disband. The reviewing
stand will be located at the Treasury.
facing down Pennsylvania Avenue to-
ward the Capitol. 1t will be preceded,
at II o'clock, by a concert by the
Caravan Entertainers, and a meeting
of the Supreme Review committee.
The outstanding event of the con-
vention, the initiation of 5000 candf-
dates into the order, will be held at
the auditorium Monday night, when
such notables as Gov. Z. Lee Trinkle
of Virginia, Gov. A. NJ. Ritchie of
Maryland and other Government Of
ficials will be initiated. Secretary of
Labor Davis, one of the initiates, is on
his way to Europe.
The first business session of the con-
vention will be held Tuesday in the
ballroom of the Raleigh, to be opened
with an address of welcome by Com
missioner Fenning, with the opening
prayer by Rev. G. S. Johnson of the