Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
THREE ARE NAMED
Baltimore Conference Selects
Delegates for Minneapolis.
WIN ON FIRST BALLOT
Two Others to Be Added to List Be.
fore Day Ends.
OPPOSES SUNDAY BASE BALL
Body Urges Baltimore County Police
to Stop Game Between Orioles
and Philadelphia Team.
WIN ON FIRST BALLOT
OPPOSES SUNDAY BASE BALL

Drs. John Franklin Goucher, j. G.. Mich
olson and j. St. Clair Neal were this
morning chosen by the Baltimore An
nual Conference of the Methodist Epis
| copal Church, in session at First Church
| to represent that body in the general
| conference of the church which will be
| held in Minneapolis beginning May I. 4
ballot for two more delegates. complet-
| ing the list, was taken just before adj
| journment of the morning session al
1890 O'Clock.
This result will be announced at a spe-
cial session called by Bishop Cranston
for this afternoon. One hundred and
seven votes were necessary to choice.
and others who figured In the voting were
Heisse. "A; w. l.. Mcdowell. Il: ]. w. p.
Baldwin. Al. and a dozen others who re-
ceived less than that number.
There Is much speculation concerning
the two ministers who will complete the
list of delegates. but the opinion seems
to be that those who Immediately fol-
lowed the successful candidates will be
elected on the second ballot.
Ten candidates were received into full
membership of the conference, nine OF
whom were also ordained. They were
Revs. 7. NJ. Dtckey. who had been pre-
viously ordained; d. B. Miller, G. e. Will
liams. Frank Steilman. F. B. Hanson.
c. w. Lanham, and II. B. Fox, c. s.
Coale. c. II. Hastings and F. c. d.
Reynolds. who were also given deacons
| orders. The solemn services of ordination
was conducted by Bishop Cranston.
| DR.. John F. Goucher introduced a reso-
| luton creating a committee OF ministers
and laymen to wait upon the Baltimore
county commissioners and the county
marshal of police to urge them to enforce
| the Sunday law by preventing the game
scheduled between the Baltimore base
ball club and the Philadelphia National
| League club at Back River Park. a pleas
ure resort just outside the city limits
next Sunday.
| The resolution was unanimously adopt
ed and a committee headed by Rev. DR..
w. w. Davis. secretary Of the Lord!
day alliance, who is a member of the
conference, was named. Five laymen to
| serve with them will be selected by the
committee.
Chinese Women Unblessed, He Says
"Of all the women unblessed by the
word Of God in all ages the Chinese
women stand foremost" was the state.
ment of Bishop Wilson S. Lewis Of Ching
at the anniversary Of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society yesterday after
noon in First Church.
To hear Bishop Lewis wildly narrate
the missionary struggles among the Chi
nese a throng filled the auditorium. Many
Representatives Of other denominations
| were present. In spite of the tremendous
| obstacles to be overcome Bishop Lewis
declared the missPnaries were steadily
| winning their way and that one of their
greatest aims was the woman medical
missionaries.
Chinese law knows no right of WON
an he added. "She is a cipher with
the rim rubbed out. She has no proper
ty and no social rights. Chinese womer
You say that is custom. But when q
Chinese woman Is to be married She
knows she has been sold. We give ouI
daughters in marriage. II she does MOI
please her husband, she is sold to some
one else. Before / left China one OF the
ladies in charge Of our orphan asylum
told me they were not receiving many
girls because the price for girls had gon'
up and they were bringing $3.50 in silver
in the matrimonial market
Sought Vote on Delegates.
Hardly had the conference taken ur
routine business when Rev. B. F. Clark
son OF Woodiawn moved that the ballO
for delegates to the general conference
be taken at IL o'clock this morning. A:
an amendment it was decided that minis
| tcT1dI SluQenIS WHO VIII Oc dQuittcQ ~
the conference should be received befor'
the vote for delegates was taken, so as t
give them a chance to vote. With TIT
general conference question injected int
the session, memorials which 1t Is ex
pected the Baltimore conference will sent
to the general conference immediatel,
made their appearance.
| Only one was given q chance before thu
body. That was one recommending TIT
reduction in the number Of delegates a
n0inte(
out that the present number or between
800 and 900 made the body unwieldy anc
it was urged that the Baltimore confer
ence express itself as being In favor OF
would change the ratio OF selection
from one minister to every forty-five II
| conference to one in ninety. So hot die
the debate wax that the memorial wa:
of one member from each OF the five con
| ference districts.
The introduction of this memorial show
ed that there will be a determined figh
by a large number of the members to th'
| general conference memorials by the Bal
| timore conference. AS one Of the oldes
| conferences in the general conference Il
Ia felt that the passage OF memorials o,
this conference will tend to have more In
fiuence than many others.
Laymen's Association Meets.
| Nearly hundred QeleSdteS. represent
ing the Iaymen's Association, ATTENDED
. the opening Of the sixteenth annual ses
sion of the association yesterday In
Seventh Baptist Church. st. Paul stree'
land North avenue.
In a stirring appeal Louis M. Bacon
recent foreman Of the Baltimore county
grand jury, proposed the nomination OF
DIR. David H. Carroll for president OF the
association.
Judge Arson 8. Taylor of Washington
smoke of the time limit In reference TO the
Methodist ministers. Judge Taylor said
that having no time limit for the minis
tiers il unsatisfactory. He advocated
plan for the conference to give pastor
La charge for a year. The years expert
ence, he said, would prove whether the
minister were suited to his church. II
satisfactory, Judge Taylor suggested thai
the conference assign the minister to the
same church for three years, and II not
send him to another church.
Selection Of Committees.
Committees were elected as follows:
Il Credentials-T Reese Arnold, Baltimor
district; w. r. Matthews. East Baltimor
district: B. o. Compiler, Frederick dis
trtct. lanes l.. Ewin. Washington dis
trict. and w. H. Thomas. West Baltimor
district.
| pasolutions-Dr D. H Carroll, Balti