Show IMPERIAL COUNCIL BEGINS I Thousands of Assemble in Gorgeous Array Los Angeles Cal Cai May lIay 7 The festi festival festival festival val of flowers began this evening with the first of a series of electrical par parades parades parades ades in which several thousand nobles of ot the Mystic Shrine Shriner participated Nearly were in line Une and nearly all the visiting patrols at attired attired tired In full Cull Oriental costumes were in included I eluded Eleven divisions of the parade para e I composed of various patrols and nd preceded the display of electrical floats designed to represent precious stones Some of the floats were decorated with thousands of lights and the guttering glittering pageant proceeding along streets hung from end to end with thousands of colored lanterns was cheered and applauded along the entire line of march Potentate George A Filmer of Islam temple San Francisco was grand mar marshal marshal marshal of the parade His aides were Frank O 0 Evans of Des H G Getchell of ot St Joseph JOseh Jose b Mo John C Slater of Seattle and John G Hunter of Dallas Imperial Council Opened The opening session of the thirty third imperial council of the Mystic Shrine wag wa held today and for the first time since their arrival the thousands of from Crom every part of the country were assembled Officers and representatives of bf the council gathered at the imperial headquarters at the Al Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria hotel and were escorted to the Scottish Rite lUte cathedral where exercises were held by all the Arab and Bedouin patrols in full uniform Rarely has there been presented such a splendid spectacle as S that of the long line Une of men garbed in brilliant Oriental attire who led the way to the meeting pla e Followed by scores of ot automobiles and carriages s Carrying the officers and del delegates delegates delegates the th procession was over a mile mUe long Routine business engaged the atten attention at attention en tion of the Imperial cauncIl at its in initial inItial inItial session So great was the attend attendance attendance attendance ance that the streets in the vicinity of the Scottish Rite cathedral cath ral wore absolutely ab Impassable and for over an hour bour the patrols in unbroken line Una enclosed enclose 1 the building Welcome W and Response After ACter a song by a quartette of Los Angeles Illustrious Potentate M lI H Flint of Los Angeles who was W in charge of the preparations for the con conclave conclave clave dave arose aros to deliver his address of welcome The potentate was cheered the visitors and his every ref reference reference reference to features of the reception was applauded by delegates who have al already already already ready partaken of California hospi hospitality hospItality S Mayor A C Harper of ot Los Loa Angeles i 1 3 member of the Al temple the on behalf of the Ity and at the conclusion of his ad Iress tress presented Imperial Potentate Al Alah Alak ah ak P Clayton with a massive gold key keyo I o 0 the city In response Mr Clayton expressed express d lis us gratitude for the eloquent and gra gm I ious welcome extended both by the and citizens He referred to southern California as more beautiful I han than the fairest oasis of Egypt and in invoked I yoked the continued blessings of Allah Al AI h temple t mple i I Routine Ro Business I T Tile i r of session was wasI I devoted to official reports s and routine I I I I I I i I I I business The election of officers and andI the selection of the next place of meet meeting m t lug ing will take place tomorrow to orrow It is ex cx expected x that St Paul will wUl secure the next Imperial council but a movement has been launched in favor of Seattle While the council was in session the ladles ladies who accompanied the officers and delegates were taken to Pasadena in Iii three special trains carrying about passengers Citizens of Pasadena hail had balli provided for forthe the entertainment of visitors and by noon It was estimated that fully that number were wee in attend ance anc at the reception held at Jot the th Hotel Green S l |