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WEATHER. Falr and varm today tombrrow. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m.: High est, 6 Full report on page 5. and probably est, 95.2; low- 949.—No. 28,888. SHARPER DRY LAW TEETH T0 BE ASKED OF NEW CONGRESS Special Provisions to Meet Situation Such as in New York Planned. HOUSE AND SENATE WETS JUBILANT OVER TREND Say Smith’s Action Will Lead to Early Modification of Vol- stead Act. ‘ - More |“teeth” in the federal prohi- bition law to meet the situation which has arisen through the repeal of the state enforcement code in New York will be demanded by the “drys’ when Congress meets next Decembar, it was indicated here last night. The ‘“wets” in Congress, on the other hand, hailed the action of the New York legislature and Gov. mith as the first real move toward the modification of the prohibition laws. Senatop Broussard of Louislana, emocrat, who has always opposed he Volstead act, and who has favor- ed a change in the law permitting the use of light wines and beer If nothing dise can be obtained, said: “The agtion of New York state is the first |real move toward bring- ing abouft: a sensible modification of the ptohibitlon act. There has been much talk hitherto about modi- flcation, bht New York has now set Van example which I believe will be followed in other states. In the end, the result will undoubtedly be a modification of the Volstead act.” ‘Would Provide Jail Term. Senator Curtis of Kansas, republi- can whip of the Senate and a potent influence fn the Senate, said that in his opinion the way to make prohi- bition really eftective would be to “have the federal law provide for pun- ishment for-violation of the law by fine and fimprisonment. Under the existing law the punishment is by fine or imprisonment. “Put all the violators of-the-law in Jall,” sald Senator Curtis, “and the violators of the law would soon dwindle in number. We had our lesson in this matter in Kansas back in the '80s. For a number of years violators of the prohibition law got off with fines. The consequence was that the law was broken often. But when we started putting them in jail there was another story. “The federal government will have to go ahead in New York state and , enforce the law. The cases will be transferred to the federal courts. But Gov. Smith has indicated that the state officers are to be called upon to help enforce the federal law and to arrest violators.” Olte Recent Decision. Another reason advanced In some quarters yvesterday for strengthen- ing the federal law was the recent decision by a federal judge in New York that that part of the Volstead act limiting the amount of liquor which may be prescribed medicinal- Jy by physiclans was unconstitu- tlonal. Some members of Congress who belleve in prohibition also be- tieve that the New York decision in regard to physiclans was correct and that Congress went too far In the Volstead and anti-beer acts. If physiclans are to be permitted to prescribe liquor in unlimited quantities, it was sald, then the pen- altles for violation of the law should | be imprisonment, and not a fine witk | the alternative of imprisonment. ‘While general regret was expressed Dy the members of Congress now in Washington that Gov. Smith had signed the repeal bill, the opinion was expressed that he had a perfect right to do so. Talk of a “rum rebellion” in New | York and by New York was dis- counted. It was pointed out that in Massachusetts and Maryland state prohibition laws have never been enacted, yet there has been no talk of “rebellion” by those states. Senator Curtis said that he did not belleve the argument advanced by mith to the effect that there was “double jeopardy” in having a state prohibition law as well as the federal law was worth considering. senator Fletcher of Florlda, demo- crat, on- the other hand, suggested that it might be well to amend the federal Jaw to. provide specifically agalnst the “double jeopardy. The Florida scnator expressed .re- gret that the repeal bill had been signed. . The federal congress, he said, had enacted laws to carry out the prohidbition amendment to:-the constitution, Whether thé states should enact such laws, he sald, was optional. The federal law in any case should be ‘eénforced in all the states, he. said. Senator Shields, democrat, Tennes- see. made the following statement: “There is no question but what the state of New York has the right 1o enact or repeal any of its statutes in its diseretion which do not violate the Constitution of the United States and do it without consulting the President or any other federal au- thority. The passage of the Curil- Jier law and the approval of it by Gov. Smith, in my opinion, in no way conflicts with the Constitution of the United States and I see no possible ground upon which the federal gov- fernment had the right to luterfere. In Supreme Law. “The eighteenth amendment, f{s, however, the supreme law of the {Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) {the Belgian attitudes. |far maintained of refusing to agree Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Swim 3 Blocks And Save Horse From Drowning mming for about three blocks leading a horse, which had plunged into sevén feet of water in the Chesapeake & Ohlo canal 1 night, Lieut. E. C. Waters of No, 2 truck company and Arthur Davis of 3007 Cambridge place, saved the frightened animal from drown- ing. The horse, with the wagon it Was pulling, went over the three- foot embankment into -the canal at Potomac and Grace streets, when the driver, Arthur Stewart, 34056 O street, was trylng to back the Vehicle to make a turn. Fearing that the animal would meet its death in the canal persons at the scene summoned the fire truck company, A hasty survey of the situation convinced the firefighters that lad- ders and ropes would not effect a rescue. Lieut. Waters with Davis leaped Into the canal, loosened the horse from the wagon shafts and guided it to a mud slope at 36th street. With the assistance of other members. of the fire company the animal was dragged to safety. POINGARE IS READY FORNEW RUHR PLAN Forsakes Old Stand at Bel- gian Insistence—New Al- lied Accord Nears. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1923 a PARIS, June 2—That the coming week may lay the basis for a new inter-allied accord is the hope en- tertained here tonight in view of the Brussels meeting between Premiers Polncare and Theunis, scheduled for next Wednesday, at which the whole reparation problem, as well as the tuture of the Ruhr occupation, will be taken up. The mere fact that this meeting has been scheduled for the date it has, indlcates & modification In the French point of view, since the Bel- glans have been insistent as to the need for an early conference, while the French untll a'féw days ago were The Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1923.—NINETY-SIX PAGES. WHIRLWIND RAIDS HELP DRY CITY ON EVE OF CONVENTION Concentrated Attack on Rum Centers Launched by U. S. Agents and Police. ‘PHANTOM SLEUTH’ LEADS DRIVE ON BOOTLEGGERS Many 'Alleged Liquor Dealers "~ Caught in Net; All Parts of City Covered. Prohibition agents and the vice squad under Lieut. Davis of the sec- ond precinct late last night and early today initiated more than a score of ralds in & determined effort to clean up Washington of bootleg liquor of questionable quality before Shrine week. At 2 a.m. this morning Divisional Di- rector Edgar N. Read took active charge of half a score of prohibition agents collaborating with Lieut. Davis. “The big push is on,” he declared, “and we expect to work throughout the night in our attempt to purge Wash- ington of {llicit beverages for Shrine week."” This wholesale ralding of alleged retailers of liquor belleved to be un- fit for human consumption is the re- sult of ten days of intensive effort by J. L. Asher, phantom sleuth of the | prohibition forces, and known as the Izzy Einstein of the south; F. W. Hertzig, allas “the baron” and Harry G. Bauer, private of the vice squad. Asher, who stepped into the lime- light some time ago here by wearing disguises, this time worked the strategy of appearing without make- up. He declared that this proved a more effective disguise for him than | that of an ashman, a Kentucky col- onel or an International lawyer, which | were his pet pseudo characters. Lieut. Davis Chauffeur. The preliminary work was done | under the direction of Lieut. Davis, who has been in charge of operations of the vice squad for ‘several years. Lieut. Davis yesterday acted as a chaufteur of a taxicab In which he carted Hartzig and Asher around. Having collected sufMicient evidence steadily inclined toward postpone- ment. ‘What Theunis Wants. The Theunis plan, envisages aban- donment of the Franco-Belglan occu- pation of the Ruhr, although a small garrison of allled troops would re- main in the Ruhr territory. The plan calls for placing the entire Reich debt on & commercial basis through the medium of sixty-year monopolies to be granted to international syndi- cates in which Germans would be in- cluded. This plant is much criticized In France on the ground that it calls for too great a rellance on Germany's good will, besides depending for its success on forelgn capital which might not be forthcoming. It is charged also that the Theunis plan would leave the allied experts In the Ruhr guarded by only small bodies of troops so that, in case the scheme collapsed, France would be back in tne same position she was prior to occupation of the territory. The Frencn plan, one the other hand, calls for direct exploitation of the Ruhr, to be followed by return of the Ruhr resources to Germany in proportion as the latter makes reparation payments, but with French hands still kept on the Ruhr lever as a guaranty that payments will be continued. Will Agree to New Plan. This 18 the point of view that will be advanced by Premier Polncare at Brussels, where he will seek to reach a compromise between his own and It can be stated definitely, however, that the position which M. Poincare has thus to a new reparation settlement plan from the allled side will go into the discard at Brussels, whether or not the Germans advance a fresh offer in the meantime. Influencing this change in the French premler's attitude, there is aside from the pressure being brought to bear on him from Bel- glum and from some sections of ! French opinion, a bellef that, even in default of the appearance of a new German offer, a new reparation set- tlement plan soon may be forthcom- ing from England. Premier Baldwin is known here to desire an early settlement of the problems of reparations and inter- allied debt, | By the Assoclated Press. CHAUMONT, June 2. —Dedication tomorrow of the monument erected “to Franco-American Friendship” in this little town, headquarters of the American general staff during the world war, is to be made the occasion of one of the greatest manifestations of " French sympathy toward the United States since the cessation of hostilities. Chaumont’s “fete days,” which will last’ untll Monday, are already in ful sway. President Millerand, who is to of- ciate at the unveiling, arrived at 6:30 o'clock tonight and éxpressed sur- prise at the.magnitude of the demon- stration. Prefect Bagin rgplied that France Lauds U. S. as Friend Today, Dedicating Monument to proceed on the tasks the dry forces obtained the co-operation of United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald, who established temporary headquarters in the vice squad room at the second precinct, whers, with sleeves rolled up, he spent a bntzyl evening issuing warrants. Before midnight the first. of the ralds were beginning to trickle iIn.! Harry T. Cissell forty-seven years old, the proprietor of a meat market at! 5909 Georgla avenue, was arrested on a charge of selling illicit beverages and taken to the tenth precinct. Only a small quantity of liquor was taken in his possession, according to police. Butcher Arrested. Lawrence L. Goldberg, twenty-five vears old, was arrested at his meat market, at 1243 H street northeast, on a charge of selling and illegal pos- session of liquor. Seven and one-half gallons of corn whisky were selzed. Probably the most spectacular of the raids was at the establishment of Ackerman & Bhaplro, at Pennsylvania avenue and John Marshall place, made about 10:30 p.m., while the ave- nue was {lluminated. Crowds gath- ered around the open show window of the combination soda counter and clgar store while the officers went through the place In search of illicit beverages. The raid netted six bot- tles of bitters with alcoholic content, ninety-two small bottles of jamalca extract, eleven bottles of peach ex- tract and eight bottles of brandy ex- tract. Police charge that the brandy extract in reality s colored corn liquor and are submitting samples to prohibition department chemists for analysis to verify this point. Myer Ackerman, one of the proprie- tors, was charged with selling and illegal possession. Beer That's Near. A raid on the near-beer saloon of Samuel Gontiff, 1336 North Capitol street, netted a little less than a gal- lon of corn liquor and a dozen cases of what is termed by the ralders, “the nearest beer that ever wore a collar.” The raids last night are part of | @ series initiated yesterday, in which the following arrests were made: Charles Brown, colored, twenty- elght years old, and Theodore Bank- head, colored, thirty-four Yyears old, Of 414 N street, charged with selling (Continued on Page 2, Column it Was “one of the greatest holidays in the history of Chaumont.” Throughout the day people from the surrounding towns and many from Parls were constantly arriving, while u‘? roads leading to the town from tife countryside and all parts of the department of Haute-Marne were filled with peasants in carts and ve- hicles of all descriptions. Some are TURK DEBT TERNS NEW BARTOPEACE Ismet Pasha Demands Aid for Treasury Before Ad- mitting Obligations. By tre Associated Press. LAUSANNE, June 2.—The near east | conterence is ltving up to its reputa- tlon of belng the creator of crises, and the wearled diplomats have been forced to refer to their home govern- ments the problem of how Turkey shall pay the intgrest on the Ottoman debt and the question of fudicial safe- guards for forelgn residents in Tur- Key. The allles want the Turks to put in the treaty the declaration that Tur- key confirms the decree of Murahem of 1880, recognizing all the obliga- tions of the Ottoman debt, but Ismet Pasha is not inclined to do' this, un- less the allles accept a clause offering some rellef to the Turkish treasury. The Interest on the Ottoman debt is pavable at the option of the bond- holders In the currency of the various European powers, and the bondhold- ers naturally select the highest, namely, pounds sterling. This is a severe blow to the Turkish treasury now that Turkish currency has de- preclated to one-seventh of its value as compared with its pre-war value. The Turks contend that they should be partially relieved of the burden which is due to general financial dls- organization of Europe, but the al- lies reply they have no right to inter- fere with the prerogatives of the bondholders. 7 Another meeting of the American and Turkish experts framing the new Turco-American treaties will be held Monday. Ismet Pasha and Joseph C. Grew are keeping the negotiations Informal until after the signature of peace between the allles and Turks at Lausanne, which everybody pre- dicts, despite the present deadlock. 5,000,000 GALLONS MORE WATER USED Great Increase Comes With Arrival of Shriners and Hot Weather. Raules for Water Users. Drink all the water you want, but don’t turn on the garden hose in the middle of the day. The water department last night requested householders to water lawns only between the hours of § and 8 o'clock, mora- ing and evening. This rule should be followed throughout the summer in the Interest of water conscrvation With the city’s population increas- ing hourly by tens of thousands, Washington's water consumption In- creased by 5,000,000 gallons a day the latter part of the week. Officlals of the water department ascribe the increase to the rising temperature more than to visiting hosts, pointing out that this increase occurred on Thufsday and Friiay, when a small percentage of the nobles and their friends were within the city's gates. y: For the twenty-four hours ending at 8 o'clock yesterday morning Wash- ington used 70,554,880 gallons of water. On June 1 a year ago the consumption was only 65,464,740 gal- camping in the streets and squares and many spent the night in the town’s beautiful park. Other notables present, In addition to M. Millerand, will be Premier Poin- care, Minister of Justice Colrat, Mar- shals Petain, Fayolle and Joffre and Gens. Gourad and Magin. The Ameri- can ambassador, Myron T. Herrick, is motoring here.-front Paris, lons. A week ago, on Friday, May 25, the total amount used was 66,- 304,330, J. §. Garland, superintendent of the water department, sald last night that he anticipates no trouble during this week when the visiting throng will be at its helght, but réquests economy | Map of Washington—Page 23. | Schoofs and Colleges—Page 26. i TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—42 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Almas Temple Divan and Living Past Potentates of Almas Temple—Page 6. Officers of Imperlal Divan, Imperial Council, Shriners—Page 7. Guide to Washington—Page 22. Trade Union Activities—Page 30. Aviation Activities—Page 30. Radlo Goss'p and News—Page 31. Financlal News—Pages 32 and 33. Classified Advertisements—Pages 34 to 41, PART TWO—16 Pages. Editorfals and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Jewlish Home and Hospital—Page 13. Boy Scouts News—Page 14. Girls and Their Affalrs—Page 15. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 15, D. A. R. Activities—Page 15. Spanish War Vetsrans—Page 15. Veterans of the Great War—Page 15. PART THREE—14 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo. play. Serlal, “The Mystery Girl"—Page 4. Music in Washington—Page . Around the City—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 10. Army and Navy News—Page 11. The Civillan Army—Page 11 Review of New Books—Page 12. Fraternities—Page 12. Boys and Girls’ Page—Page 13. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S8 Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. ROTOGRAVURE—$8 Pages. World's Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs. FREGHT RATE UT POSSBLE N LY iContinued Boom in Railroad Earnings May Put Issue Before 1. C. C. Freight rates throughout the United States seem destined for further con- sideration and possible downward re- vision by the Interstate Commerce | Commission. Indications are that the subject will come before the commis- sion for discussion within .ae next month or six weeks. No formal announcement of what- ever plans the commission may have has been made and none is likely until some definite action is taken. Moreover, the commission, cognizant iof the greatly improved condition of the cafriers as a whole, of the un- usual volume of business handled at the present time and during the past | few months, and of the excess sarn- ings of a considerable number of the stronger roads, is carefully studying the entire rate fabric as a preliminary to deciding what proceedings should be inaugurateq to revise rates. Small Cut If Any. ‘The preliminary. study may result In no action whatever. On the other hand, it holds the possibility of re- sulting in another—and probably small—reduction in rates generally. The difficulty, however, in the situa- tion is that such a reduction would apply to the weaker roads as well as the strong. If it were simply a question of fixing rates on the basis of the earnings of some of the big roads, there {s little doubt that & r¢ duction would be ordered now. April reports of railroad earnings have poured into the commission's office during the week and disclose a continuation of the excellent show- ing of March. In that month earn- ings for Class 1 roads, taken as a whole, slightly exceeded the 5% per cent rate prescribed by the commis- sion as a fair return. April earnings probably will fall slightly below the 5.84 per cent rate of March. As yet reports are incomplete, but the next few days will tell the full story. A considerable number of individual (Continued on Page 2, Columa 1.) KLAN HEADS DECIDE, 10 ENROLL WOMEN Kloncilium Here Votes to Approve Auxiliary Or- ganization. Decision to organize “The Women of the Ku Klux Kian” to include Protestant women's organizations over the country, except the Kam- elia, was reached by the imperial | Kloncilium, the national executive | body of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, at its closing session last night | at the Willard Hotel. The Kamelia, which was stricken | from the list of societies to be taken | into the new order, is an organization founded recently by Willlam Joseph Simmons, emperor of the klan, and has béen the subject of considerable controversy within the klan. Evans Indorsed. The kloncilium indorsed fully the administration of Dr. H. W. Evans,| the imperial wizard, and planned a national campaign for the enforce- | ment of all laws on the statute books and all constitutional amendments. A thorough investigation of the charges which have been made in the press against imperial officers of the klan, it w: announced, will be made at a special meeting in Atlanta | maade, | June 13. No mention was however, of the receivership proceed- ings instituted against the order recently in Atlanta. Headquarters of the new women's organization will be Ark. It will be incorporated under the laws of Arkansas. A meeting to organize the women will be held within a few days. Societies Named. Among the women's organizations which were listed as being desirous of affiliating with the women of the Ku Klux Klap are the League of Protestant Women, the American Women, the Puritan Daughters of Amerlca, the Ladles of the Golden Mask and the Ladies of the Invisible Empure. The new order, it was emphasized, will In no way be connected with the Ku Klux Klan, although it will have its fullest support. The kloncilium meeting was pre- ceded by a conference of the grand dragons or heads of the state or- ganization of the Klan, representing every state in the Union. The grand dragons, it was said, also approved Imperial Wizard Evans’ administra- tion. The Klan leaders will leave Wash- ington today, although Dr. Evans and some of the imperial officers probably will remain through the Shrine’ convention. HUNDREDS OF BODIES RECOVERED IN QUAKE By the Assoclated Press. TEHERAN, Persia, June 2—Sev- eral hundred bodles have been re. covered at Turbat-I-Haldari, a small Persian town in Khorossan, which was devastated by an earthquake on May 26 with the reported death of 1,000 persons. Thirty nearby vil- lages were destroyed. The Persian authorities are dis- patching _relief expeditions. For Shrine Visitors Guide to Washington ’an of Washington Pages 22 and 23, Part One Today’s Star | i in Little Rock, | o Hadi <ity block de The Star’s carrier system covers ““From Press to Home Within the Hour” every and the regular edition is to Washington homes as as the papers are printed. FIVE CENTS. Special Trains, Special Service Also Arrive by will reach its crest Tuesday, whe will have arrived here from eve some of its insular possessions are rolling in by the thousands. From the tropics of Panama caravans of the pilgrims. Abou Ben Adhem, one of the tem, Welcome Awalts McCandless. At 8 o'clock this morning Imperial Potentate James S. McCandless, com- | pleting a Journey that started in | balmy Honolulu, will lead his own| most {llustrious caravan into the holy | | meeting place of 1923, Thousands of | Shriners, dressed in the full regalia} of their fraternity, will do obeisance | before the omnipotent one, and the convention will actually start when he orders every faithful heart to an- | swer the call from the minarets of | Washington, announcing the hour for | Sunday prayer, | The cficial program today will b | devoted exclusively o religious serv-| {ices. T'he city's churches will throw | open thzar doors to the Shrine host and every member of the order will | | ba expected to pay homagze to the | Master of all. In the aftarnoon a| | special mass service will ba held on |the summits of Temple Heignts, | | where is to be raised the world's| | Breatest Masonic temple. Tonight| [ the visitors may travel their own| | paths, but nearly every delegation| | has prepared a special evening pro-| | gram of its own ! Fhirty Special Trains Today. | By midnignt thirty spectal trains, {coming from the four corners of the nation, will have reached Union s | tion with delegations of Shrine vi ! tors. Tomorrow nearly i0) other solid Pullman trains, chartered various temples, will-arrive and the remainder of the 200 scheduled to ! come to Washington will report at | their respective terminals by Tuesday { morning, when the first sessioa of the Imperial Council will be called to o1- der in the presence of Drasident Harding, a noble of Aladdin Temple, of Columbus, Ohio. The temples due here by special trains today are Aahmes of Oakland, Calif.; Abdallah of Leavenworth, Kan.; Abu Bekr of Siouz City, Iowa; { Akdar of Tulsa, Okla.; Alcazar of Montgomery, Ala.; Al Kader of Port- land, Ore.; Al Koran of Cleveland, | Ohlo; Al Menah of Nashville, Tenn. Aloha of Honolulu; Bedouin of Musk-/ ogee, Okia.; Damascus of Rochester, Y.; El Riad of Sioux Falls, S. D.; of Evansville, Ind.; Islam of San Francisco; Karem of Waco, Tex. Luxor of St. Johns, N. B.; Melha of Springfield, Mass; Mizpah of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Moolah of St. Louts, Mo.; | Mt. Sinal of Montpelier, Vt.; Murat of | Indianapolis; Nemesis of Parkers- | burg, W. Va.; Orak of Hammond, Ind.; | Osman of St. Paul, Minn.; Palestine | of Providence, R. L; Sahara of Pine Bluff, Ark.; Saladin of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Tangler of Omaha, Neb.; Yelduz of Aberdeen, S. D.; Za-Ga-Zig | of Des Moines, lowa; Zenobia of To- | ledo, Ohlo; Zorah of Terre Haute, | Ind.; Zuhrah of Minneapolis, Minn. by Frustrated by Mud. The road to Mecca has been a rough and rugged one for many of the pllgrims traveling in motor caravans. The largest of these will reach Wash- ington at moon tomorrow when the caravan that started from California will be escorted into the city and par- ticipate in the dedication of the Zero Mile Stone on the Ellipse by President Harding. Latest reports stated that it consisted of about 500 cars, only fitteen of which completed the long welcome to an ever-growing tide of fe. THOUSANDSPOUR INTOCAPITALFOR SHRINE FESTIVAL Auto Caravans and Even Airplanes Bear Hosts to Annual Mecca. CONCLAVE OPENS WITH PRAYER TODAY AT CHURCHES OF CITY on Temple Heights -300,000 Visitors Expected to Tuesday. Crowning with unexcelled success the hopes and uncertain- ties of a year’s ceaseless work, Washington’s greatest convention will be formally inaugurated today when the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will begin a week of fes- tivities in celebration of the forty-ninth annual conclave of its Imperial Council. The day toward which the National Cupital— apd with it virtually every Shrine temple in North America—has been looking for twelve months is at hand. 300,000 Expected at Crest. A blaze of vari-colored lights at night and a beckoning flags and bunting by day, Washington is bidding royal z-capped guests which n it is estimated 300,000 persons ry section of the United States, and part of Canada. Traveling by rail, automobile, steamship and even airplane, the Shriners to the cool plains of Canada the aithful have harkened to the annual summons of the muezzin and every road to the National Capital is clogged today with the Although farthest from the mecca of ,1923, Abou Saad Temple of the Canal Zone, blazed the first trail into Washington at noon yesterday, just three hours ahead of ples from the middle west, which had been expected to have the distinction of being the first com- plete temple delegation to arrive here. journey from the Golden State, how- ever. All of the other California cars turned back after trying in vain to struggle through the mud of Kansas and other states west of the Mi sippi. Advance scouts declared it had rained in that part of the country for three solil weeks and turned every road into @ quagmire. Those who did persevere and continue were obliged finally to freight their machines St. Louis and resume the march there. From that point the caravan began to grow in numbers and at Indianapolis last Thursday it was said to have reached the half a thousand mark. to indreds of Cars Parked. Hundreds of motorists have already parked their cars here and thousan are almost knocking at th gates of the city. The largest num- ber is expected in by late tomorrow or early Tuesda¥, just in time for the first parade. A vast majority of the motor caravans are bringing Shrine guests and not Shrine representa- tives. Many of them it will be im- possible to tabulate, as their pas gers are merely en route, taking ad- vantage of the Shrine convention visit the National Capital. The advance scouts of most of the temples, charged with the duty of completing arrangements for the housing of the main body, dealt a Kknockout blow to those skeptics who are beginning to express doubt over the number of visitors due here with- in the next three days. The case of Tripoli Temple of Milwaukee was sited an example. It engaged the entire Capitol Park Hotel, esti- mating the number of pligrims it would send at about 300. When its advance scout arrived yesterday he announced the officlal assignment was exactly 296 persons, with the probability that another half dozen would decide to make the trip at the last minute. sen- as No ldle Moments. Washington Is today like a huge circus ground, with the center of the city as the “big top,” in which the main show will be held, surrounded on every side by the lesser side shows. Were it possible for every citizen to make an airplane flight slowly over the city he would see camps, new buildings, groups of at- tractions and side features by the score covering the hills and dales bordering the heart of Washington. Every branch of the nation’s fight- ing arm is to demonstrate its prowess. The Navy will stage a sea battle, the coast guard will demonstrate fts efficiency, the air service has scores of planes—many of them having 6ig- ured In recent history—to show the visitors, and the Army has reared a tented city, where maimed or in- jured Shriners may receive the best medical attention with the least loss of time. Not a minute of Washington's time will be idle from today until next Friday. Every tick of the clock will witness some thrills—from the strangest parades historic Pennsyl- vania avenue has ever gazed upon to merry antics by the Shriners or dare- devil stunts by the scores of enter- tainers brought here to make this the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) ¢ el