Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-15
.REV. DR.. SHUTE
CHALLENGES
REV. DANF0RD
Disgruntled Pastor Attacks Char
acter Of District su-
perintendent
DELEGATES SELECTED
FOR SARATOGA MEET
Interesting Developments Take
Place At Methodist
Conference

Fargo, N. D., Oct. 14.-At roll call
this morning, DR.. A. Lincoln Shute
challenged the character Of DR.. S. A..
Danford, superintendent of the Bis
marck district of the c.lurcl and tle
case was pu at once into the hands OF
committee of 15 to hear the evi.
dence and pass upon the charges.
DR.. Danford requested Bishop
Quayle, who is presiding at the con-
ference, to have the matter taken up
at once, as ne had a lot of work to
do with this conference as one of the
retiring district superintendents and
wanted the matter out OF the way
Bishop Quayle stated that the accused
was entitled to this request and the
conference at once proceeded to name
the attorneys and the committee O.:
Is to take the case up this afternoon
DR.. j. g. Morrison of Dickinson was
named as attorney for DR.. Danford
while DR. @. ii. Stinson OF Devils Lake
was named as counsel for the church.
DR.. J. C. Moore was named presiding
officer Of the court.
The hearing of the case was started
at 1870 O'clock this afternoon, in the
Broadway M. e. church. It is prob
able tlaJt the case cannot De cC1n-
pleted and the verdict OF the commit
tee returned today.
Rev. Shute has carried on system
attic campaign against Rev DanrorG
since his removal from the Bismarck
church was reco 10y the dis.
trict superinte dent severai years ago.
He has been opposed to Rev. Dan
ford and Rev. Craig Of the 'McCa3e
church of Bismarck for a number c.
pears.
Petitions for the return of Rev.
Craig to Bismarck were received 70
day. The Petitions bear the names
Of hundreds of the most reputable cit
izens in the capital city. Some oppo.
sition was raised against Rev. Craig.
hut the petitions asking for his re-
turn to Bismarck can hardly be ag
nored by the conference.
A. J. Nathan, George Nj. Register
and J P. Jackson arc representing
the McCabe M. E. church of Bismarck
at the conference and are vested with
the power of filling the place, either
by the return of Rev. Craig or the Sc
lection of a new pastor. e..
Delegates Elected. ....
Two of the three ministerial dele,
gates to the general conference Whicf
is to he ;leM in Saratoga Springs, N
Y, next year, were chosen at the
Ncrth Dakota conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, which started
it's second day of business this morn
ing. u
On the first ballot Dr.. J. G. Moore
OF st. Thomas was chosen, the second
ballot electing Dr. s. F. Halfyard Of
Grand Forks. In attempting to
choose the third delegate Two ballots
were taken without an election being
secured, there being required a ina
jority of all votes cast. The noon
hour arrived and passed before the
result of the last ballot was announc.
ed and it was voted to postpone the
voting until this afternoons session.
Big Ordination Sunday. ss
This morning announcement was
made by the board of examiners on
those VINO have been successful in the
tests and who will be ordained as dea-
cons at the First church on Sunday.
Those who have been successful or
who have come to the Norh Dakota
conference from other conferences are
as follows:
Joseph Chester, James '. Proper
Roy Bedinger, Lawrence F. Green
Robert B. Hedtke, Ira J. Mcfarland,
Frank w. Cannon. Wilson Johnson
William Crossley, Raph W. Lee, Fred
F.. Rice, Edwin Trigg ana John ".
Begarie.