The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-30
MISSIONS TO get
HALF A million
Seventh-Day Adventists APP
propriate that Sum for
Carrying on Work.
TEMPERANCE RALLYHELD
District Of Columbia W. c. 7. u.
Guests Of Conference Yester-
day Afternoon.
TEMPERANCE RALLYHELD

Announcement was made yesterday al
the world conference of Seventh-day Ad-
ventists that more than S5oo.000 had been
| appropriated to missions for 1913. This
| announcement was made by the treas
urer OF the conference. Elder W. T.
| Knox. of Takoma Park. and aroused
much interest on the part OF the dele
gates. Instead of the regular. business
session yesterday afternoon. the District
| OF Columbia W. c. T. L., as guests OF
the conference, conducted an enthusiastic
temperance rally, more than 200 white
ribboners being present
| The most important resolution SUBJ
| mitted to the conference came from q
! special committee of physicians and
| asked the Endorsement OF the general
| conference to the establishment OF the
| College OF Medical Evangelists, at Iona
| Linda, Cal. This medical college has
| been established during the four-year
period since the last session OF the gen.
| eral conference by the general confer
| ence executive committee in order that
the denomination may educate its own
| physicians for it's medical missionary
| operations. DR.. w. A. Ruble, president
| Of the medical college, set forth in ar
address the aims and objects of the in
| stitution and told something of its sue
cesses since its establishment.
All Meetings Called on.
, Every other meeting was called OF
yesterday afternoon at the encamp-
ment to give place TO the big temper
ance rally, conducted by the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. of the
District. This was a meeting of great
enthusiasm. more applause being heard
at 1t than at any other meeting of
the entire conference, the service clos
ing with three cheers for the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union,
which were called for by the vener-
able Mai. Merwin, a personal friend
of Abraham Lincoln. and his body
guard.
President Wilson and Secretaries
Bryan, Daniels, and Lane were highly
commended for the stand they all have
taken on the temperance cause by Mrs.
Emma Sanford Shelton. president of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. of the District, who said in her
address that one indication that the
nation is awakening to the temper
ance question is the fact that IAN ex-
President is now suing an editor for
stigmatizing him as a drunkard."
Showing the physical defects of the
use of alcohol, as well as spiritual ef-
fects, two addresses were delivered by
DR.. George Thomson. the medical SD
perintendent of the ST. Helena Seventh
day Sanatorium. at ST. Helena, Cal, and
DR.. W. B. Holden. the medical super
intendent of the Portland Seventh-day
Adventist Sanatorium, at Portland. Greg.
Attack. Warrington Woman.
Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis. the national
legislative superintendent of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union. de-
nvered an address. in which she de-
scribed something Of the difficulties In
the passage of the Webb bill.
The next speaker was DR.. Lauretta
Kress formerly of the medical staff of
the Washington Seventh-day Adventist
Sanatorium. She caused the big audi
ence to gasp when she charged that a
certain prominent society woman of
WASHINGTON the wife of a high official
here. on a trans-Paciic trip had led all
the passengers on the steamer in smok
ing cigarettes. who boosted that her
limit was sixty A day.
Mrs. Hull. the president of the North
west woman's Christian Temperance
Union. then proposed toast to DR..
Patience Bordeau-Sisco, their hostess,
and all the white ribboners arose and
gave her Chautauqua salute and
Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
rally cry.
An address was delivered by DR.. Ma
Bile Howe-Ottis, of the medical staf of |
the Moline, Ill. Seventh-day Adventist |
Sanatorium.
At last nights preaching service Elder |
NJ. c. Wilcox. of Mountain View, Cal. |
the editor of the Signs Of the Times, |
delivered the sermon.