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Show HALF 1 IIIU1 Thirty-First Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar Will Be Big Affair. CHICAGO FULLY PREPARED TO CARE FOR VISITORS Grand Parade to Be Held Tuesday Tues-day Willi Thirty Thousand Knights in Line. - By Leased Wire to The Tribune. CHICAGO. Aug. 0. Chicago stands road j" to receive tho live hundred thousand thou-sand strangers who will tarry 'within her gates during the thirty-first triennial tri-ennial eonclavo and encampment of the Kniglils Templar of tho United States. For years, quietly, and for weeks openly, open-ly, the work of preparation lias gone on. Now it is done, and Chicago is proud of it . as it stands. The first event on the oflicial programme pro-gramme will occur Sunday when divine di-vine ecrvico will be held in Orchestra hall. The Rev. George T. Rafter, grand prelate, will odiciato. The sermon will bo preached by Rev. George 11. Mc Adams, formcrK- of Evanston, now of Madison. Wis. William Edward Watt will have charge of the music, with Lcroy Irving Wetzell at the organ. The choir will bo composed of the quartettes quar-tettes of five commandcries. In tho evening tlicro will be a concert in Grand park. Monday will be devoted to reception work, with a dinner of the "mutuals." The grand recorders and correspond ents meet at me vjiucago Atnietic ciuo at 4 ). m. In the evening there will bo a military concert at Grand park. Conclave Opens Tuesday. On Tuesday, following tho grand parade, pa-rade, the opening session of tho grand conclave will bo held. Tho grand con-cl.'ivo con-cl.'ivo is composed of tho four highest officers of each stale commuiidcrywith those who have "passed through tho chairs." It is now composed of -100 Sir Knights. Wednesday and Thursday the drill contests will be held, anil on Friday and Saturday general sightseeing will occupy most of tho visitors' attention. Thursday night thero will bo a tire-works tire-works display on tho Jake front. The parade of escort will . bo held Tuesday morning,- and will be the largest larg-est Knights Templar parade aver held, it is confidently asserted. Marshal Pnr-iuton Pnr-iuton declared a conservative estimate would bo 30,000 in line, exclusive of tho police, and ol! the one hundred or more bands of music. Tho ruling idea will be impressive simplicit'. Tho ruling rul-ing color sebemo will bo the somber black and whito of the order. Gaudy decorations will be tabooed. Tho lino of march will be down Michigan Mich-igan aveuuo from Thirtieth streot to Van Burcn street, thence, after a halt, to Washington street,., west to State streot. south to Jackson boulevard, west to La Salle street and north to the disbanding point at the City hall. At 9:45 o'clock one gun will be fired as a signal for tho staff of the grand marshal to report at Thirtieth street and Michigan avenue, at 9r55 another will signal tho police escort, the staff and tho first division to form in columns, col-umns, and at 30 three shots and "Forward" "For-ward" by the oflicial trumpeter will announce tho start. Elaborate Preparations. Chicago's triennial will go down in Knights Templar records as ono of tho most;, brilliant in the history of tho order. A round of social gaycty, ranging rang-ing from imposing functions to the .jollier .jol-lier sort of "open house" informality, lias been planned for eonclavo wock. The most notable affair will bo the re ception to the grand oncampmdnt officers offi-cers and tho grand officers of the various vari-ous commandcricH and their wives by the Earl oC Eustcn, supromo grand muster of the gvr-afc priory of Enghuld and Wales. It ia to bo given Tucs-d.'iy Tucs-d.'iy evening in tho gold room of the Congress hotel. Simultaneously there will bo four other receptions. Special precautions have been takon lo preserve the health of the thousands of visitors who will bo in the city during dur-ing the conclave. It is realized that not since tho world's fair has such a big crowcl been galhornd as will witness wit-ness tho big Templar parade, and ovory caro has been taken lo arrange for those who will meet with sickness or accident. A corps of 128 phj'sioians and the same number of trained nurses have voluutoercd for service. Ono or uioroj will be stationed in each block during the parade, with a squad of 24 in the grandstand. During tho eonclavo one or more physicians will be on baud atj each of the hotels in tho loop. Women to TIavo Part. Tho woman's auxiliary of tho grand commanderv of Illinois, under the leadership lead-ership of Mrs. John Ji. Cleveland, lias arranged several affairs for tho women visiting the conclave, Wednesday morning morn-ing at 10 o'clock tho auxiliary will bo the hostess of the women of the grand encampment, about 200 in number, at an automobile ride through tho park and boulevards through tho city. Probably tho most interesting feature fea-ture of tho encampmont, from the point of view of the Templars is tho scries of exhibition drills in which tho different differ-ent commandcries will contest for supremacy su-premacy in tho mastery of tho Templar niauual. Comniaudors from all over the country have entered tho list and tho winning organization must bo practically practi-cally perfect to cany oif tho honors. Handsome prizes and troops valued at thousands of dollars, have been obtained by tho drill .coiumitloo for award to successful contestants. HIGHEST ENGLISH MASON ON WAY TO CONCLAVE By Loused Wiro to The Tribune. NEW YOKK, Aug. C The Earl ot Kij.ston. who standH highest in ftlasonry in England, is In New York on his way Continued on Pago Two. HALF A MILLION GUESTS COMING Continued from Pago Ono. to Chicago to attend the grand lodco meeting of the Knights Templar, lie Is past grand master of the Masons in Great Britain. Six years ago he started a movement to amalgamate the English-speaking Templars of the world. I-io thinks his idea Is approaching success. That is the roason he Is here now. Lord Kuston Is (32 years old, a widower widow-er florid and well preserved. He is a soldier, too. But while ho Is eligible and has a fine title, he Is not looking for an American heiress. "Oh, the women, bless you, old chap, of course I llko the American women. They are fine. Marry? No, I don't think so. While I like them all, I am not considering con-sidering marriage. "Now that's enough to say about that," spoke up Thomas Frasier, a member mem-ber of the party and grand master of the lodge of England. The party leaves tomorrow for the west, UTAH'S DELEGATION WILL ARRIVE TODAY Special to The Tribune. CHICAGO. Aug. 0. Accompanied by a brass band and resplendent In glittering uniforms, forty knights from Boise arrived ar-rived today, and after parading through tho loop district, marched to their hotel. Headquartors for tho grand commandory of Idaho Ikib been Installed on floor D at the Congress hotel, and from here the knights from the west will take their part In tho thirty-first triennial conclni'e. Fifty knights from Salt Lako City nnd Ogdcn, Utah, will arrive tomorrow nnd will make their headquarters at the Congress Con-gress with their neighbors -from Idaho, |