The Washington herald., 1913-05-14
FAMILESU|VTED
ATTAK0MA PARK
Seventh-day Adventist Cor
ference Brings Together
Long-Iost Relatives.
SCENES, ARE AFFECTING
Delegates Confuse to Arrive, and h.
formal Meetings Already Are
Being Held. .

Brothers and sisters. fathers and sons
and mothers, who have not seen one an
other for years, are meeting at the camp
of the seventh-day Adventists. at Ia
koma Park, where the world conference
will begin sessions tomorrow.
Separated for nineteen years, William
DAN, of San Diego, Cal, and his son,
Elder Guy Dali. of Hamburg, Germany.
secretary of the European division of the
General Conference. met for the first time
In that period at the camp yesterday.
Both father and son are delegates to
the world convention which convenes to-
morrow.
Another family reunion will take place
tomorrow, eyhen Elder J. B. Beckner. of
Port of Spain. Trinidad, and his. chill
dren, DR.. Clara b. Otis. Of Porto Rico,
Harry Beckner. of South Africa, and
Robert A. Beckner, of Mandalay, Burma,
meet. They have all been engaged
In missionary work for years, during
which time they have been separated
Members Of other families who have been
separated for years will meet during the
convention.
The meeting between Elder Dali and
his son yesterday was most affecting.
Since he left his home In California
doing missionary work in all parts Of
Europe and Africa.
Delegates from all corners of the
earth are pouring into the encampment
and more are on their way, while great
delegation from all parts of the United
States is arriving on special trains. A
special train of ten coaches from the
West passed through Chicago yesterday
on its way to Washington.
While the convention will not be CALI
ed to order until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
informal meetings are being held. Elder
r. G. Porter, of Cape Town, South Afri-
ca, president of the South African Union
Conference. preached at meeting held
last night.
Among foreign delegates who arrived
yesterday are Elder A. III. Piper, of Wah-
roonga. New South Wales, president Of
the New South Wales Conference; Elder c.
L. BVtterfield. of Seoul. Korea, superin-
tendent of the Korean Mission, who came
by way of the Trans-Siberian Railroad;
Prof. G. d. NJ. Williams, of Honolulu,
Hawaii. superintendent of the Hawaiian
Mission; Elder r. W. Munson, of Java,
who has been laboring in Sumatra, Java,
and the East Indies, for twenty-seven
years: Elder L. c. Finster. of Manila, su-
perintendent of the Philippine Mission:
perintendent of the Guiana Mission; DIR.
Elder Otis, of Porto Rico; Julio Ernst, of
Posados. Argentina; Elder J. L. Shaw. of
Lucknow. India. superintendent OF the
Indian Union Mission: Elder j. c. Raft.
of Copenhagen, Denmark, president Of
the Scandinavian Union Conference; FL
der L. p. Tische, of Paris. president of
the Latin Union Conference: Elder WAL
ter Bond, of Barcelona, Spain, director
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of Port of Spain. Trinidad; Elder L. r.
Ccnradi, of Hamburg, Germany, vice pres
ident of the General Conference for the
European Division; Elder Guy Dali. of
Hamburg secretary of the European di-
vision Of the General Conference, with his
family; W. c. Sisley, of London, manager
of the International Tract Society's Book
Depository in England. and A. F. Haines.
of Jamaica. West Indies. secretary of
the Sabbath school department of the
West Indian Union Conference.