Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
PLANS FOR ENDEAVOR SOCIETY
Atlantic City to Be Host of Gathering
Next July.
NEBRASKAN is ON COMMITTEE
NItnDenDolia 20 Get Next General Com
ference of the MethOdistE, on
Committee RepOrt-WOmen
Have Big Plans.
NEBRAsKAN IS ON COMMITTEE
BY d. V. FRANCIS.

NEW YORK, March A-(Special to The
Bee preliminary plans for the twenty
fifth international convention Of the Chris
tian Endeavor society, which will be held
at Atlantic City July to u, have been
made II will be one OF the greatest gath
erings OF Christians of all denominations
ever held I'm this section. Among the speak
ers viii be Judge Ben b. Lindsey, Hon.
William Jennings Bryan, Hon. Charles w.
Fairbanks, Rev. Russell II. Conwell, Rev.
]. Wilbur Chapman Commander Eva
Booth, Rev Charles Nj. Sheldon, Principal
Booker T. Washington, Rev. G. Fukuda,
Japan; Rev. f. ]. Horsefied, England;
Rev. H. /. Marshall, Burma; Rev. r. s,
Gray, New Zealand, and a host Of others
equally eminent.
There viii be representatives from every
state in the union, besides many from
abroad Among the men in the different
states who will have charge of the trans
portation and housing OF delegates from
their states are the following:
Alabama, Mr.. Il. Gait Braxton, 2lO7 Third
avenue. Birmingham; Arizona Or. J. c.
Norton. Phoenix; California Mr.. Leon V.
shaw. 1il3 Broadway. Oakland; Colorado,
MIR. Herbert II. Chapman, % East Column
bla avenue, Colorado Springs; Georgia, Mr..
Archie b. Warner, "a Orme street, Atlanta
Iowa. Rev. William Hardcastle Iowa Falls;
Kentucky, Mr.. Charles w. Adams 91s
Washington avenue, Newport; louisiana
Mr.. Herman Rock, Lake Charles; Mime
sofa, Mr.. George NJ Brack, Capital Ma
tional bank, st. Paul; Mississippi. Mr.. John
a. Stinson. Columbia Nebraska, Rev. j.
II. Salisbury, South Auburn; Oregon, Mr
William w, Dugan, jr., $50 Ross street
Portland; Pennsylvania, Mr.. A W. Bow
man. sci Wallace street, Philadelphia
Tennessee Mr. A. s. Wilson. ir l4l3 SigIer
street, Nashville; Texas, MIR. Leslie Spar
row. 567 Bryan street Dallas; Utah, Mrs
c. n. Vischer, 900 Twenty street
Ogden Washington, Rev. r. A. King
North Yakima.
Minneapolis Gets MethOdIsts.
Methodists all over the country will be
interested In the announcement that the
next general conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal church win be held in Mime,
apolls. The general conference is the gov.
erning body OF the church. Its delegate.
consist Of ministers and lay members. II
meets every four years and the next ses
sion win be in May Of next year The iast
meeting was I'm Baltimore and the on,
before that in San Francisco.
The duties OF the general conference ar,
To elect bishops, editors OF the church pub
LEGATIONS, members and secretaries OF tn,
great benevolent boards, 10 discuss tn,
work OF the four years past and 10 projec
the work OF the four years 10 come.
The selection OF a meeting place for tn,
general conference Is one OF the duties o
the book committee That committee me
in Chicago and the announcement that Min
neapohs had been selected was made there
Women Want q Million.
one million dollars for the heather and
Jubilee stretching from coast 20 coast il tn
way the church women OF America ar
celebrating the semi-centennial OF women
work for the heather OF foreign lands,
Just siXty-seven years ago, in the parlor