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CONCLAVE TO SEAN Ft! UGH TO PORTLAND Shnners Flock to City and Local Man Will Run for Imperial Office. PORTLAND DAY SET ASIDE invitation Extended to All Rose City to Visit Seattle Wednes day, When Parade Is Sched uled to Take Place. It will be a notable gathering the conclave of Shriners at Seattle this neelt. On account of the numerous diver sified attractions on the Pacific Coast this year, the attendance doubtless will be greater than that of any previous similar convention. It is asserted that fully 90 per cent - of those who attend the Seattle meet ing also will go to San Francisco and fSan Diego for the big expositions. All these necessarily must pass through Portland. Some have passed through Portland already. Both Pyramid Tem ple, of Bridgeport, Conn., and Rajah Temple, of Reading, Pa., which visited here yesterday, are returning from .' California and will start homeward as soon as the Seattle meeting is over. Portland Man Candidate. Much interest centers on the elec tion of officers at Seattle on Wednes- . day, inasmuch as W. C. Bristol, past po tentate of Al Kader Temple in Port land, Is a candidate for the office of Imperial outer guard. The custom of the Shriners is to advance each lm perial officer one "ndtch" each year, so the noble who is elected imperial outer guard in due course of time i destined to become imperial potentate the highest office in the gift of the order. 'Most of the delegates who were here yesterday- gave assurance that they ' will vo.te for the Portland man. The New England States, New York City and other cities along the Atlantic Coast, are solidly behind him. Inasmuch as he withdrew from the race last year and helped to elect Conrad V. Dykeman, of Brooklyn. N. Y., to the office that he now seeks. ! Seattle Olves Support. Seattle and the other cities of the Northwest likewise- are supporting him because of the tremendous effort that he made at last year's conclave to bring the meeting this year to Seattle. It was his speech at" the Atlanta con clave, it is said, that won the 1915 session for Seattle. He has active com petition, however, from John T. Buck bee, of Tebala Tempje. Portland haa beei further honored by the Seattle committee in charge of arrangements. Wednesday, the big day of the conclave and the day of the great parade, lias been designated Port land day. "Everyone In Portland, whether a Shriner or not, has been in vited to attend. - Al Kader Temple, of Portland, will be well represented with its uniformed patrol and band and . with more than 600 other members. The present imperial potentate is Dr. Frederick R. Smith, of Rochester, N. Y. Henry F. Niedrlnghaus, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., the present imperial chief . rabban, will be elected imperial po tentate at Seattle, and is expected to visit Portland later in the week. Put Potentate In City. ' Among the distinguished visitors in Portland yesterday was H. C Aiken, of Omaha, a member of Tangier Temple and a past imperial potentate. He pro ceeded direct from Portland on the Omaha special train instead of taking the steamer and automobile trip down the river from The Dalles. Harry E. Allen, past potentate of vAntioch Temple, of Dayton, O., was one of the "stray" members who arrived on the steamer Great Northern from San Francisco. He says the Central West will be well represented. It is reported that Port Worth and Houston. Tex., each will make an ef fort to secure independent temples at the Seattle conclave. Fort Worth members now are affiliated with Hella Temple at Dallas and Houston members with El Mina Temple at Galveston. Topeka, Kan., also may try to secure an independent shrine, it is said. The Topeka Shriners now must go to Leavenworth, Kan., to join. POTENTATE LEADS PILGRIMAGE Special Representative in Charge of Dallas Nobles' Trip. C. W. Davis, potentate of Hella Temple, is special representative to , the imperial council meeting, in gen eral charge of the pilgrimage of the Dallas Nobles. The arrangements com mittee consists of C. W. Davis, C. "W. Hobson and Mike H. Thomas. The official representatives of Hella to the imperial council are: Sam P. Cohran, C. W. Hobson, Edgar L. Pike and Mike H. Thomas, each a past potentate of Hella Temple. Every temple in the shrine, regardless of its size or the number of nobles attending the an nual gatherings, is allowed four official votes in the imperial council, and the representatives are usually chosen be cause of long and conspicuous service in the order. Members of the Hella Patrol of Dallas on the trip are: W. R. Ellis, captain; W. H. Noble, first lieutenant; Colby E. Smith, second lieutenant; W. F. Bane, W. L. Byrd, T. B. Byrnes E. A. Doty, E. W. Edwards, C. C. Hall, John C, Harris, Lawrence Kahry Walter Liebman, John E. Lee, Frank O. Long, -,T1ex H. Mackenzie. Harry Moses, J. W. Pat Murphy, F. D. Paulis. James B Powers, H. W. Phillips. George G. Reid Dr. U C. Snowden, Mike H. Thomas, Jr.. F. D. Thomas, Dr. Harry L. Whit taker -and Robert Williams. Members of the Hella Temple Band and Drum Corps -are: Dr. -Harrison B. Cave, manager; W. A. McDaniel, leader; John Bloomer, S. L. Brown, Leonard Carson, M. O. Curry, G. V. Conlisk, E. L. Doyle, L. B. Erwin, A. S Fon vllle. C. B. Hall. Henry Hall C H Huvelle. L M. Jackson. George H Jordon, Leslie Kelly. C. E. Moore J N. Previtt, Jack Ragsdale. Joe Ray T. L. Robertson. E. A. Rulfs. Harry Samuels. X. B. Sanders. Jacob- Schrodt. "W. H. Slider. E. A. Thatcher Moss Thomas, John P. Tucker, Herman Tweedy H. G. Waters. S. M. Wallace Fred Wilkins. Sam Williams. Thomas farrell. Jr., ana L. j. Harris. There is one member of the Tangier Temple, from Omaha, who brought his wife and three children with him. In the excitement of the day they became separated. The wife and children were taUen in charge by a Portland Shriner. In the course of the afternoon they landed on the Sellwbod ferry. Harry, a little fellow of 7, demanded to stay on the "boat." When a reporter ran into the party they had traveled back and forwards across the river five times and the end was not yet in sight. At that time the youngster was "as Fisting" the deck hands, the engineer and the captain in their various duties. SOME SHRINERS WHO TORE fc , ff- ,- V -: ' I f ':. V : : -.Tf ...r MiJ s: -ft '--'-v-vA t;-t Vi,r L :.L2t r,..', .... -w oi-?" it S L Hi 1, CBOCP FROM HELLA TEMPLE, DA " Am- '. r, Al- 1 l-.K L ' YASir , U z : X. - . .v. : -"-v- ? ;yM.it frtv.,-.;... . JLJiM .. T "r 1 . ---v - X ;. - "vV V' ' vv ;.',.- -:v : ' , : r . ? . ; - i I 'Hi"'-' f J V ... V r 'i 1 ..' f ....... . , j I 1 5 ' 15. 4 i t . . " i.J r. ; " -W-. --rf'f i 'v-, . . iw.f3 HELLA TKMPLB . IREME DECKER. MARIO RETTM An M H . D. SMITH. OF MBR1DIW. COJiS, PUBLISHER IS ACTIVE DALLAS $HRER GIVES TIME AND TALENTS TO PHILANTHROPY. Georare B. Dealer. Responsible fur Mu nicipal Inprovemt, Heads C'hala of Texas Newspaper. - George B. Deaiey, a member of the Hella Temple party, is a leader In iJallas and Texas in all municipal im provements, civic development and pub lic welfare undertakings. Although he is the executive head of the largest newspaper interests in the South, Mr. Deaiey has Riven bis ener gies to the organized charitable, civic and commercial bodies of Dallas in an unusual degree. He has Ions been a member of the board of directors of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, con sidered one of the most - aggressive bodies of its kind, and for Borne years has been president of the United Chari ties of Dallas. Ha campaigns for mu nicipal improvements In Dallas alone definite "city plan . resulted in the employment by Dallas of George E. Kessler, of Kansas City, known as "the man who made Kansas City beauti ful." Mr. Kessler prepared, after much study and consideration of local con ditions, a "city plan" for Dallas which gradually is being realized. ' Mr. Deaiey Is vice-president and gen eral manager of the Dallas Morning News, the Galveston Daily News, the Galveston semi-weekly Farm News, the Dallas Evening Journal, the Ialla semi-weekly Farm News and the Texas Almanac and Btate Industrial Guide. The "Oal-Dal Newses" and the associ ated publications are Issued from the offices in Dallas and Galveston. 316 miles apart. The two buildings are connected 'by leased teleirraDh wires. 'whereby the Dallas and Galveston edi tors or other department beads may confer as is necessary, in addition to the exchange of news from North and South Texas over the private wires. A party of touHs reached the Mult, noniah Motel at tne same time one of -the delegations of Shriners got in. tne reception committee had about 40 automobiles lined up to take the Shriners on a tour'up the Columbia Highway and the tourist party, which had. come by way of Seattle, mistook HEBE YESTERDAY, SOME OF THE LI, A. TEX 2. P. M. KIRK. A m BIG lfH MAI) RP.RV M A u u K ar I w. MR. A.D MRS W. M. COLLINS. OK the lineup of automobiles as one of the customs of the country in welcom ing strangers to the city. They helped fill up the automobiles aa long as the macnlnes lasted. The committee had ten more machines salted away for an emergency. These emergency ma chines were filled up too. Then the mistake was discovered. But the local committeeman were good fellows and the visiting tourist party got an automobile trip along with tha Shriners. - w. J- Hofmann. general chairman oH the committee, and E. J. Jaeger lost practically all of their beauty sleep last niht on account of rhe fact thst the O.-W. R. & N. special, carrying K) Jebel Temple, of Denver, and Tangier Temple, of Omaha, gained four hours on its schedulo on the way West. Mr. Hofmann went to bed late, leav ing word with the O.-W. R. & N. train dispatcher to call him up if anything developed. The dispatcher called at 4:45 A. M. to inform him that Kl Jebel and Tangier would reach The Dalles four hours ahead of the time tbey were expected. "Hold 'em If ydu can," yelled Mr. Hofmann over the phone. "Talk to 'em until I can get downtown." The programme had been planned to a nicety, and this news from the Den ver and Omaha party set the whole thing out of Joint. Mr. Hofmunn routed K. J. Jirer out of his slumbers and the two of them broke al: traffic regulations a-tttlni; over to th train dipaf ber office to implore El Jebel and Tangier to kill all the llmi thy could before ther rot into Tn.) Dalles. Parties of Shriners from Connecti cut. Pennsylvania and other states which cam- in early wer-s routed out over the Columbia Hilhwav with tho Intention of connecting wlih the steamer Dalles City at Casrade Locks. There tho automobile parly was to board the boat, changing places with the Denver and Omaha crowd, which was to come" by water from The Dalies. The rpeclal sueen-rtel In kllllnir two hours and a half of time to The Dalles, the party was routed ou: oT Portland ps per schedule and then the comrrlt tee pjt 1n lt. cparv moments the ret .f the afternoon wjn.'rrin;; If ths cn i tions would be made .n the Cascade - oUs all r Kit. "It took fast footwork." a'd the chairman of the committee lat w'.ght. "but we got things stra'ghtened up s'.l right at last." WOMEN WHO CAME WTTn THEM - r, Ait -j' SOUK" FROM R A JAM TEMPI K, Rr.ADING. P S. PATROL OF Al. Kinm n . : aV "L "Jl " MR. MERIUKX, tOVN-POL.rKMKiv "i0 - PR , M Kl rV- "T- SHBIUERS JAILED; JOKE , RAID, CLEVERLY PLANNED. AT " FIRST CAUSES ANGER. Tvs me Rales Allea-c4 te Have Bees Violated, aaa Pretests Freaa Visiters; Fall tm VVIa Case. Shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon 34 automobiles had congested traffic at Third and Oak streets, when the occupants Shriners and their wive were made aware 'suddenly of the appearance of a large, squad of blue coats, headed by l'o!l-e Captain Moore, waving a red-covered booklet of traffic rules in his hand. "This sort of thing won't do." he an nounced. "Oltlcers. arrest the men In the machines." "Hut say. we're Shriners. an " rose a volume of protest. "Don't care who you are. you are violating the traffic rules of the City of Portland." Interrupted the Police Cap tain. "Take 'em to Jail," was the sec ond remark to his men. Volubly - protesting against the In dignity to which they were being sub jected, and the Interruption of their ride on Portland boulevard. the Shriners were led Into police headquar ters, escorted by Police Captain Moore. Sergeant Thatcher and Officers Hunter. Wells. Anderson. Malnwarlng. Weil brook. Hcppner. Owen. Ilenncssy and Burke. "This thing ain't right: we're vlltors here, and this ain't hospitality." ob jected one portly Shriner, whose threatened at every motion of his head to slip from Its precarious position on his bald pate. "I want to see the fellow that ar ranged for this ride thst hss ended with our being Jailed. complained an other who had tread the burning sands as a novitiate. "Funny looking Jail." was the com ment as the men were led Into the un b erred asrembly room at police head quarter. There Portland Khrlnrrs who had planned this little raid were wait ing for the unfortunate visitors, and upon their appearance surrounded them with shouts of glee. Overwhelmed by numbers and the co-operation of the ptlrvliuiiD, the visiting bhriucrs bowed AND SOME PORTLAND FOLKS v-. i1 ' . v.. V' - r" . TOV PKCIAL N KC'KPTIOX (OMMITTKK MR MH- Al MH1. A. M. DOWNS, OF PYRIIU TKMPLb-A. MIL. AD MRS. K. TO CITY meekly to the command to don clown garments of varl -colored hife. When garbed as circus comedians the visitors were then turned loose to wan der back to their machines and finish their trip, the cynosure of curious eyes along the route. Kl Kalah Temple, of Salt lUake City. was swinging up Broadway during the atternooiatn half a doun automobiles Three of them bad passed Stark street when a long line of automobiles mak ing up a Chinese funeral procession lurnea into the line or travel, and so they traveled north on Broadway the three car packed with eager, enthusl aslio wearers of the fes. then the hesrse and half a score of machines filled with Orientals, and lastly three more cars of Shriners. As far as the eye could reach this was the way they traveled. The lure of an amusement park proved sufficient to draw some 100 Shriner from the downtown festivi ties. At least that number- added a garish touch of color to the trail at the Oaks, while fully a score hung "their clothes on a hickory limb. met aphorically, and went la swimming at tne oaks. SHRINERS WILL VISIT FAIR Hella Temple, of Dallas, Making Tour hy Special Train. Hella Temple, of Dallas. Tex.. I mak ing the Western trip thl year. on a special train from Paliaa to Seattle with only five stops, primarily, of course, for the purpose of participation In the Imperial Council meeting of the Shrine at Seattle, but In addition the Dallas Shriners are planning "big do ings" at San Francisco, where July 1 ha been designated "Dallas day" at the exposition. The Hella Temple band and drum corps and the Hella patrol will head the Dallaa parade In San Francisco, to take place at noun July 1. and during the afternoon will htv charge of the programme to be.conducted at tha Texaa building tn the exnoalllon grounds. The Dallaa Shriners will sail from Seattle on one of the ship of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, so as to reach San "Francisco Sunday. July If. in time to make final preparations for tha Dallaa day stunt tb following day. WHO ENTERTAINED TH E( . "m '"m "T . . t T1MPI --nann. - - . JAIL. THREE PARADES GIVEN DALLAS ailRINKR. " ARRIVR LOM.KST SPECIAL ROITCD, ON Leader ( Ceatlearat I-aeda I'ert laad's Progress I vr a ea and Is. . elal Sea? le Dedicated. The Hella Temple Band and ratroU from Dallas. Tsxs. gave three parade In Portland yeaterday. Including a con cert at tb Portland Hotel Jut before marching to the Great Kortnern station at midnight- The Hella special, carry ing a party of 1)7 Noble and their families from the Txa metropolis. I the largeat Shrine special brought over the mountain by the Great "Northern according to F. T. Holmea, of Kanaaa City, district passenger agent of the Great Northern, wbe accompanied the Hella special from Dsllas. "Portland I the one beat bet. o far. ald C W. Davis, potentate of Hella Temple and In general charge of the Dallaa parly. Mr. Davis, who 1 at! the bead of the Weitlnghouse Kiectric Interest In Texaa. expreoed great In terest In the Impressive buinea ap pearance of PorlianJ downtown sec tion "Most cf the Dallas crowd are visit ing Portland for the first time." he said, "and e are frankly astonished, and of course et.tireiy delighted with this city. We claim to have in Dallas the best business town of Its stse on' earth, but since visiting Portlsnd we j wi: grant that when we become as i Urge a you ar which w expert to! d w will have our hand full to equal your enterprise In other rartl-. ruler I At the station last night the Hella' party gave Portland Ihe "style orr before leaving e.rollirklnir little Jingle Intended to convey the last word of; praise to the person or city designated. I It runs about I'ke this: I Thsy ser thst Old Perl'.SBd, she I gt ! But ansa sir: all the wh en itis T! r aa thst U.J lorteod. sJi r t yi: Bat strle sll u .!, s.rt.l.t ain't got 1 CITY GIVEN SHRINERS Delegations Arrive From Many Points and Are Welcomed. MUSIC ENLIVENS FESTIVITY One Party Taken tfp Columbia Thy SetnfT, Another Along Hlver Htrtmar t. y Motor and Change Is Made at Oneonu Gorjre. 0ntlisu3 FYfrn Frl Iween the cttice OuiiJinas tn the oown lown streets. And the Dallas people didn't seem very murtt Impressed when the Port land folks with customery conceit stsrted to blow about their city. Tsll buildings, scenery, pretty resi dences, climate and ail the standard set thst are pointed out to s'rans rs are readily duplicated In Dallas, according to the comment of some of the Dallas visitors. "Have you ever been In Da11a?" avked one of the dashing Dixie belles when a member of Al Kader temple seemed to question the remarkabls recent growth thst the attributed to her home city. "Oh, ye. I was there two yesrs ago." anawered the Al Kader chap patroniz ingly. But you ought to see Dallaa now." he c-ooed enthuclasticaliy. The Dallas people were escorted to the Portland Hotel by a committee headed by K. W. Schmeer. The Al Kader band and patrol were back on the job for thl pleaoant duty. The combined band of the two temples served to attract large and admiring crowds over their whole line of march. lromptly at 2 o'clock the ever-faithful automobile battery reported at the hotel and carried the Texan over a four-hour scenic course that fursished a fcart for all eyes. Read " eerta tilveta. The Hella temple band added to the gaiety of the day - by a series of con certs in front of lbs Portland Hotel in the late afternoon and early evening. Another bend was borne on the spe cial train with the Kansas f-brlners who avvlved over the o.-W. li. 4k N. line soon after noon. It was Marthall's famous band of Topeka, which is en gaged by all Masonic organisations for state occasions. Tb Kansas special carried represen tatlvea of Abdallah temple, of Leaven worth, and 1st temple at Saline. H. W. Plies waa chairman of a committee of Al Kader temple that escorted this party to their hotrla. They were given lime for lunch and then were wblsked out In automobiles a far as Crown Point on the Columbia Hirer Highway, where they obtained a vivid Impression of the scenic wonders hereabouts. The view from the point, these Kansana. were forced to remark, contracts grand ly with the flat, prairie country of their borne slate. Jess UasswelU of Portland, a mem ber of Abdallah Temple, greeted many old-time friend, but not so many as te exported to meet. Ir. Lrlas4 rreaadeeU "You eee." he explained. "I have been away from Topeka now for eight years and a lot of new Mood has come Into the temple la tbat time. But It only goes to show how those Kansaa town row.- Dr. Frank L. Lov-land. pastor of tha Flrt Methodist Church, was signally honored by the visiting Kansans iaat Bight when tbelr band proceeded to tl.e church at Tw:fin and Taylor sirens and gave him a rousing sernse Just before the serv k-s started. Dr. Dove land Invited them all to hear hi ser mon, and many excepted. Dr. love Isnd, until recently, was pastor of the Piral Church in Topeka. and. while he la not a flrlncr. Is popular with ell members of the organlsaticp. and many ouht him a oon a thev arrived. Tangier Temple, of Omaha, and Kl Jsbel Temple, vf Denver, were treated to an unexpected entertainment on their way down the Columbia Fiver yesterday.' When their train got to The Dalles they were "shanghaied" and rushed on board the steamer Dal.es City, which had been, chartered hy Al Kader Temple for thl purpose. While their train proceeded emj iy down the river the rarr..ers rod leisurely In the eteamor. Al Oneonia liorit ihey exchanged places with the Rajahs and the Pyramids and came to Portland by automobile. Jkleanwhtie a large rr,y cf miscel laneous t-hrlner came in on ihe regu lar train and steamer. More than 100 of them cam up from ban Kranclsco yesterdsy afternoon on the steamer Ureal Northern. A special train carrying Jerusalem Temple, of New Orleans, passed through Portland at noon without stopping here. Many Individual New Orleans memVers left the train, however, and remained in Portland until midnight, proceeding then to Seattle on the reg ular trains. Another train carrying Mississippi Shriner passed through early In the afternoon. The member of this party will be bark In Portland after the con vention thl week. Glasses Plus The day tchen you bought your glasses "any old place" is rone. Present-day intelliffence wont permit you to trifle or camble on good vision. If you need glasses you need the knowledge and service which should gro with the best. 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