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

/ BALL lhOtE, Nd, March 9.-ReN
Drs. John Franklin Goucher. ]. 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 /. 4
| ballot for two more delegates. complet-
| ing the list, was taken just before adj
| journment of the morning session at
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 a choice.
and others who figured I'm the voting were
Revs. c. Herbert Richardson, 80; ]. Fred
Heisse, "A; w. l.. Mcdowell, ii; ]. W. p
Sumwalt. 63: f. l.. Watson, e.; C. w.
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. I. M. Dtckey. who had been pre-
viously ordained; d. B. Miller. G. E. Will
liams. Frank Steilman. F. B. Hanson.
c. w. Lanham, and H. B. Fox c. S.
Coale. C. H. 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
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 committee headed by Rev. DIR.
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 China
at the anniversary Of the Womans 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 filed 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 women
go to the marrying altar with a sob
You say that is custom. But when a
Chinese woman is to be married she
knows she has been sold. We give our
daughters in marriage. II she does not
please her husband, she is sold to some
one else. Before left China one of the
ladies III charge Of our orphan asylum
told me they were not receiving many
girls because the price for girls had gone
up and they were bringing $3.50 in silver
in the matrimonial market
Sought Vote on Delegates.
Hardly had the conference taken UP
routine business when Rev. b. F. Clark
son OF Woodlawn moved that the ballot
for delegates to the general conference
| be taken at IL o'clock this morning. AS
an amendment it was decided that minis
terial students who will be admitted to
the conference should be received before
the vote for delegates was taken, SO as to
give them a chance to vote. With the
general conference question injected into
the session, memorials which 1t is ex.
pected the Baltimore conference will SEND
to the general conference Immediately
made their appearance.
| Only one was given q chance before the
body. That was one recommending the
reduction in the number of delegates al
the general conference. 1t was pointed
out that the present number OF between
800 and 800 made the body unwieldy and
1t was urged that the Baltimore confer
ence express itself as being In favor OF
| reducing the number to about 800: inns
would change the ratio of selection
from one minister to every forty-five in
conference to one in ninety. So hot did
the debate wax that the memorial was
referred to a special committee composed
of one member from each OF the five con-
ference districts,
The introduction of this memorial show
| ed that there will be a determined fight
by large number of the members to the
general conference memorials by the Bal
timore conference. AS one or the Oldest
conferences in the general conference. II
is felt that the passage OF memorials by
this conference will tend to have more In
fiuence than many others.
Laymen's Association Meets.
| Nearly a hundred delegates, represent
ing the Laymen's Association, attended
the opening Of the sixteenth annual ses-
sion of the association yesterday In
Seventh Baptist Church. St. Paul street
and North avenue
In a stirring appeal Louis M. Bacon.
recent foreman Of the Baltimore county
grand jury, proposed the nomination OF
Dr. David H. Carroll for president Of the
association.
Judge Arson 8. Taylor Of Washington
| spoke of the time limit in reference TO the
| Methodist ministers. Judge Taylor said
that having no time limit for the minis
ters is unsatisfactory. He advocated a
plan for the conference to give a pastor
| a 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 that
the conference assign the minister to the
l same church for three years, and II not,
| send him to another church.
Selection Of Committees.
Committees were elected as follows:
| CredentiaIs-T. Reese Arnold, Baltimore
district: w. r. Matthews. East Baltimore
district: B. O. Compiler. Frederick dis
trtct. James l.. Erwin. Washington dis
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