Evening star., 1909-05-13
IN BIG CITY OF TENTS
Seventh Day Adventist Dele
gates Under Canvas.
AT GENERAL CONFERENCE
Members Assemble at Takoma Park
From All Over World.
FIRST SESSION THIS MORNING
President Daniels to Submit His An
.nuel Report Tonight-Greetings
From Foreign Lands.
FIRST SESSION THIS MORNING

| 1920 O'Clock this morning. Delegates
are in attendance from all parts OF the
United States. Europe. South America.
Japan. Asia Minor, China, Canada and
| Mexico.
| In the huge auditorium tent A. 6. Dan
| iells, president of the general conference
| formally opened the sessions at lO:3O
o'clock this morning. Every seat was
occupied After Scripture reading by Ell
der G. A. Irwin, vice president of the
conference, Elder G. l. Butler Of Florida
and others offered prayer. AS no spe-
| cal business had been arranged Tor the
opening session. the president called on
delegates representing different sections
| of the world for brief addresses. Elder
L. r. Conradi of Germany spoke In
behalf of the European countries. FOR
the American unions Elder Irwin brought
greetings to the conference. Elder y. A.
Olsen spoke for Australia
| Pioneers Make Addresses.
Two OF the earliest pioneers in the
Adventist movement, Elder 6. |. Butler
and ]. l.. Prescott. also made brief ad-
dresses. For the New England states the
speaker was Elder E. w. Farnsworth.
A message from one Of the Oldest MEM
bers of the movement. Elder Wheeler,
ninety-nine years of age, of New York.
was read, as was a cablegram of greet
| ing from members of the movement in
South Africa.
! After the roll call of delegates by Elder
/ W. A. Spicer, secretary of the confer
| ence, by vote of the delegates several
new unions were admitted to the general
conference. Benediction was pronounced
| by Elder Underwood of Minnesota.
/ At the afternoon session, which began
at ) o'clock, the report Of the European
division of the general conference was
presented by Elder Conrad. Elder H. F.
| Schuberth and others reported on the
German unions conference.
President Daniels will present his an
nual report to the conference at the ses-
sion this evening. The report of Secre-
tary Spicer will also be heard at that
time.
Vegetarian Repast for 12 Cents.
| Work of preparing for the great number
of delegates and guests was begun sew
eral weeks ago, and all was ready before
the opening today. Every bit of room in
and about the grounds Of the Washington
Sanatorium. where the conference city is
located, about two miles from tie park
proper, is occupied with shelter of some
sort. An immense dining tent is erected,
| where 1900 may sit down at one time.
/ Inc AuS6HtlSIS are SlEICt Nt3ctdi ldLS, anu
| their menus are both excellent and nu-
| tritious. The food is gwen at rock
bottom cost prices. AU elaborate vege-
/ tartan repast is obtainable for as low as
| II cents.
| Most of the delegates arrived at the
| convention grounds yesterday and spent
the day and the evening getting settled
| in their quarters and getting acquainted
| with one another. Though English is. of
course. generally spoken, many foreign
mo ho
sentatives from other lands. scattered
about over the property of the sect, which
comprises about fifty acres beyond the
| little Maryland village.
AS the delegates arrived they were
greeted yesterday by the members of the
| local reception committee, composed OF
| Prof. II. r. Salisbury, /. D. Richardson
and w. A. Westworth. and were assigned
to their tents after registration. Extra
provision for handling the hundreds OF
trunks and other baggage quickly dis
posed of them as fast as they arrived.
| BY tonight nearly everybody and every
thing will be settled for the sessions,
which are to last for the coming three
and a half weeks.
The Official Delegates.
| The list Of official delegates is as fol-
lows:
Atlantic Union Conference-B, F. Davis.
o. Montgomery, c. H. Edwards, M. L..
Andreasen, f. II. de Vinney, II. w. Carr,
Louis Zecchetto, Jennie Thayer, E. w.
Farnsworth, Dr. ". E. Bliss, r. j..
| Bryant, Il. +. Machian and Mrs. V. j.
| Farnsworth.
Canadian Union Conference-William
| Guthrie, George H. Skinner, Eugene Le-
land. Ira S. Jones, c. II. keslake. J. O..
Miller. w. H. Thurston, B. +. Noftsger
and Miss Margaret Shanks.
-v,snv Ct,nY -1nc
Thompson. B. W. Brown. II. NJ Hiatt,
Jacob Riffel, a. L. Robinson, H. Hansen,
NJ. f. Ellis, j. H. Morrison, j.. s. Wight
man, DIR. Orvile Rockwell. ]. w. Lair,
r. Ogden. d. L. Hale J. H. Wheeler. G..
r. Watson, DR.. J. ID. Shively. f. Z. Rus
SELL c. c. Lewis, {. G. Bellah and Meade
! MacGuire.
Columbia Union Conference-H. H.
Burkholder. F. d. Wagner, w. H. Heck
man. b. F. kneeland. L. F. Starr. H. w.
/ Herrell, j. NJ. Rees (deceased). +. r..
Brown, \. c. Shannon, l. ID. Richardson.
DR.. W. II. Smith, S. NJ. Butler. r. G..
Patterson, G. b. Thompson. c. A. Han
Sandborn. j. j. Irwin, E. A. Bristol, G..
McReynolds. John Hoffman, P. f. Shep-
pier, A. j. Olsen, William Covert, b. A.
Wolcott, $. +. Wight. Chancy Wood.
wards. DR.. George Runck. Allen Moon,
Dr. r. NJ. Clarke, j. w. Mace. j.. b.
| Blosser. o. j. Graf, w. E. Straw and c.
]. Hermann.
Northern Union Conference-M. n.
Campbell J. &. Clemens. Christian Juhl,
5. E. Jackson, c. NJ. Everest. John An
derson, c. ]. kunkeI. A. V. khoads, J.
w. Christian. II. +. Harter. j. b. Clymer,
K. \. Underwood DR.. {. p. Farnsworth,
j. q. Lamson and T. d. Gibson.
North Pacific Union conference--H. W.
Lecker. a. j. Breed. G. f. Langdon, X
ID. Quinn. S. w. Nellis. w. w. Steward,
| c. w. flaiz. w. B. White. Nj. E. lady,
/ c. f. Weeks and o. X. Butler.
! Pacific Union Conference-E. f. An
dross S. G. Huntington. w. NJ. Healey,
! r. S. Owen, f. D. Sharpe. Mrs. 8. N.
! Haskell. H. G. Thurston, J. j. Ireland,
ii. Shutz. A. o. TAFT, j. A. Burden. Mrs.
H. w. Cottrell. II. w. Cottrell. 8. n.
! Haskell, w. G. White. G. II. Jones, j. o.
Corliss. NJ c. Wilcox, DR.. H. F. Rand
DR. ) r. Leadsworth, H. II. Hall, H. G.
Lucas. l. c. Colcord
| Southern Union Conference-T II Jews
r. T. Nash, G. W. Wells r. W. Parmele
j. F. Pogue. r. +. Dowsett. Sydney Scott
w. A. westworth. Mrs. r. T. Dowsett
Mrs. NJ. Lenker. v. o. Cole. NJ B. Van
Kirk. l.. A. Hansen and DR.. j. II. NeaI
Southern Cnior Conference-A. q. Bur-
rill. w. r. Burrow. a. J. Haysmer w
S. Lowry. E. l.. Maxwell. A. F. Harr,-
son. w A. Wilcox, S. A. Jordan. c. F.
i McVagh. DIR. W. A. Geo-ge. s. b. Horton.
l. A. rord w. A. Blake, c. p Bollman,
f. 4. Sutherland. ]. S. Washburn, Kate
c. Bickman and l.. A. Smith.
| southwestern Union Conference.-The
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