Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-06-02 | Page 1 | Kansas City Shrine Mecca for Big Meet

KANSAS CITY SINEICCA FOB flIC MEET KANAM CfTT. Vo Jun I Marchlnr throurh canrona of brilliant bril-liant color, caravans of Bhiitvtra. arrayed In oriental apltndor, paraded pa-raded In tha dojrntown district hara today. Great crowds lined the at reels throusrhout tne night, watching- the arriving delegations, All efforts to move traffic In ths vicinity of the union station or along routes to headquarters of ths fiftieth annual convention, were given up as hopeless hope-less by police. flldewalka were jammed; wheela of autoe were locked and at a standstill for hours. Traffic officers cleared the way down the middle of the streets. With drums booming and trumpets blaring, the brilliantly arrayed marchers left their trslns and followed fol-lowed cocky drum majors, performing perform-ing juggling feats- with baton a. down I hs flag draped streets. ' One hundred thousand visitors were In the city today In ths opinion of convention officials. Another (0.009 la- expected by tomororw, when the main pageant will be staged. Impromptu parades were form:4 by casual members of vsrlotis temples tem-ples every few minutes. Excited by the sounds of a drummer heading a file and rattling a quick step, the Bhrlnera soon fell Into line. A curious cu-rious mingling of uniform resulted, the tn and purple velvets of Almas mingling with the green red anl gold of the lelams and the black and gold of the Kaabaa. In order to clear congested streets all motor traffic waa prohibited in main downtown thoroughfares. The Hallna lals temple was given a big hand, with It a delegation Including In-cluding a band of forty pieces nd a patrol of thirty men. Among the gorgeous sggregatlors wsa the lalam temple of Pan FYan- claco. which wss received with a display of fireworks, i Twenty-nine members from Ben I AH temple, the "baby" shrine organ or-gan laat Ion, arrived from Sacra -men to. ' Chnptere of Al Malalkah tempi of Los Angeles vial ted several churches during; aerv.ee a laat night and gave programs.