Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-22
DApITfS HOLD CONFERENCE
Executive Committee Of National
Convention at Des Moines.
TWO NEW OFFICERS NAMED
PrssfSeats Of Twest,-Fivs Aaptist
Colleges Confer over Problem
Of staadardising systen
Of Iastruction.
From a staff Correspondent J

The executive committee OF the Baptist
National convention held its preliminary
session today. This committee Is .hs
judicial body Of the convention and drafts
the legislation subject to the ratification
OF the convention The report Of ths
committee viii be made Wednesday
morning to the convention. A nominating
committee made tie report but the con-
vention will vote in the eseetion OF sue
cessors TO txo esnyention officers. who
gave notice OF their resignation today.
These are: j., II. Franklin. Colorado
Springs. Corresponding secretary; ana
wm. Z. Lincoln OF Pittsburgh treasurer.
| President Of twenty-five Baptist eol-
leges meet at Des MoInss college and dis
cussed methods OF STANDARDIZATION SO that
me work OF the schools may be made
more easily uniform.
That he was robbed OF 100 In gold
Monday by two negroes who approached
him and assaulted him was the declara-
ton which Charles Johnson. grocer OF
Enterprise. made TO the police today. The
matter has been Investigated and no trace
OF the money has been found.
Cannot Bisd Out Childreu.
The supreme court was called upon At
this term to decide a peculiar case. in
which they held that the authorities Of q
town cannot enter into contract for the
adoption Of a wsif. while the authorities
Of city may do 90. The case was one
wherein q gfrl who had been adopted BY
man In Taylor county, sought to estab-
fish her right 10 an estate. The contract
Of adoption was made by the mayor OF a
town. which the supreme court says &
nIexal But the court also held that mas
much ~ all parties 10 the contract he'd
treated u a. valid II would be binding
under common isv and cannot not be set
aside.
l New state Bsak.
The articles of Incorporation were fled
TODAY with the secretary Of stats for the
State sAvinss bank Of Wooden. capital
Jsis.co: also FOR the Fsrmerss Mutual Tele-
phone company Of Rock RAPIDS. 10000.
and for the Liberty Lumber COMPANY,
Kfnrcss. sleooes
Cost ssjsly q Low.
The state officials are much worried
over the shorta6ssof coal and the failure
10 reopen the Iowa mines. The state 70
entirely out Of coal At the capitol. but has
! coal At most Of the state institutions.
The large cons,ffners Of coal In Des
MoInes are beginning 10 feel the effect Of
the shortage and many Of them viii be
embsrrasssd before the coal wage contro-
very 10 finally ssttisd.
| napsisss 10 Hold Convection.
Preparations are being made here to
Ieare for several thousand delegates to
attend tho Northern naptIst convention.
which commences here on Wednesday.
The. memhers viii come from all the
northern states where the northern
branch Of the church ls located and AZ
sxtsnsivs psosran Il 70 be carried out
/ ssass Dssra fssy<ctisns.
The state board Of control starred out
te1ay for inspscfion OF the state. inxti-
tsuons Of northsesstern lows. going first
70 indspsnAsnce. The board has partially
SOLVED a. problem as 10 care Of certain
olsssss Of patients n the Oakland SAM.
tarium for tuberculosis. The Law con-
semplsfes fhat only incipient cases snail
be received or treated there ana. this
HE been taken TO mean that where case
becomes chronic u shah not remsia But
the board has refused 10 enforce this RULE
and will ask the iegislstureafor provision
for the permanent esre Of the incursble
leases coming into their charge The hoard
has had . crest d<si Of trouble over this
enc question In regard TO the state sani-