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Show sun IN LOS ANGELES Imperial Council Holds First Convention In Angel City Los Angeles, Cal., May 7. The first meeting: of the imperial council, In connection with the thirty-oighth annual an-nual conclave of the Order of the Mystic Shrine, now being hold here, was opened today with an address of welcome by M. H. Flint, imperial potentate po-tentate of Al Mnlalkah temple, Los Angeles, and was followed by Mayor George Alexander, who handed over the keys of the city to the visitors. Imperial Potentate B. F. Treat of Fargo, N. D., responded to the addresses ad-dresses of welcome, on behalf of the imperial council. The meeting of the council was public. At the morning session no business was transacted, but at the afternoon session many matters of Importance to the Shriners came up for discussion. Among them was tho granting of charters to San Diego, Montgomery, Ala , Fort Smith, Ark . Nashville, Tenn ; Grand Island, Neb.; Roanoke, Va , Parkcsrburg, W. Va., Manila, P. I., and Panama, all of which citieB wished to maintain their own shrines. The contest for Imperial Outer Guard, the only elective office in the council, now seems to be between E. A. Cutts of Savannah. Ga , and James McCandless of Honolulu Several members of the imperial council expressed ex-pressed tho opinion today that Cutts would be elected this year and McCandless Mc-Candless next. There are seven candidates can-didates for this honor, the latest to enter the filed .being F W. Bllgcr of Oakland, whose candidacy was announced an-nounced last night. After today's meeting of the council nearly all of the Shriners left for Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and other beach cities, this being one of the beach days for the visitors. The first ofthe great street parades occurred todaj There were fifteen divisions with' bands of all kinds. A parade of brilliantly Illuminated floats will bo given tonight Representatives of Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Duluth and Savannah were energetic today In pressing their claims for tho next concalve. on |
