Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-13
"A NEW BISHOPS
FOR N. {. CHURCH
Voting TO Start at the General
Conference in Des MONIES
Tomorrow.
snsc,,, Dispatch to Every Evening

Drs MONIES, Ia, MAY Is.
,,,>r,y;pp the report of the committee
<n;sconaev. the General Conference VI
the M +. Church, IN session mere Wlil
recommend. today. 1t is expected, tnE tnE
olect;on of Ia bishops, two oi whom VIII
ls colored. This is oceassloned by the
death of five bishops during the quauren11
Mum. The retirement OF twoaho 'he llecNt
for election of seven additional, SIX ol
whom will be assigned to foreign ii'lus
md ono TO the newly created episeopai "''',
~ Indiahapolis. Bishops Will be assiS'ie'
n, foreign fields the residences o' Nli'o:' WIZ
will be Sedul korea, Pekin' 0hal,Ei1''
Foochow in China, Bangaiote' d,:aN iucN-
now Bombay. Calcutta IN india, oIne"-
pore Manila. Cape town ana Moi,ioN .1,,,', -
IN Africa. Mexico City. BonenoS AEiSS, 60.
Paris and Copenhagen. l ne oat'"',"S ~
bishops will begin not later 'haii 'o'''''
row.
WOMEN : WORK.
When the matter of permitting Women
10 be candidates for the Methoulst mn.
istrv. and. upon passing the eX''''''ia''o
ordaininC them as preachers m"o p,u
sented 10 the conference le" u'' -,
:, rosnlut;on an able address was maze
NJ Nrodalinc Southland of Kansas.
N
~ p:J. .slnrty vears ago this May
,rnman came to the General conference
of tbe Methodist Church and asked tIhE
sb. ho permitted to preached the gospel ol
tho Word of God in that church. Nlc WaS
rofnscd and went into another coilllec-
,;on t short time ago when our lia''oii
,xas al a silprcmc crisis, It looked ever
,,bcrc for a woman who might ieau al
tbo vo,ocn of the nation To placc "
,nex;m1m efficiency, and telegram was
sont 10 This woman whom we relcctc4'
,nI Dr Anna Howard Shaw was inauC
~. of the Womcn's Council oi
Defonse FIR the Nation. another woman
,,,os elected to q General Conference ana
when She came she was refused seat.
-rhet woman today is recognized as among
tho chief prophets who have iiVel sun,
the days of the apostles. refer to flhn0e9
Elizabeth Willard.
"Nr Rrvan the other night told Us that
he was tleyoutly praying that n'ioic ~,
,Sth of june the suffrage alhehu',tie
might pass that he might have 'hc hacNlhs
t 5000. 600 women m putting oul ~
plank on thctruuhcd waters q ~ah I 'ta''-
cisco. Today IN every Inc 81 ne Women W WaIc
coming 10 equality oi opportunity t-NG'S
profession Is open uircseTNC'"$ 'V'o'
pNCpnt fhHt Oi tiit iitiaA-4A.'
,ncn To them in q large number 81 ch'lrriseS
The Presbyterian and Episcopal Churc,heS
have their commissions % tins matter
,hc Episcopal having Just reported.
Therc i little doubt hut that the com
mittoc on itincracy will make favorable
report on this resolution.
One Of the interesting tlgurcs about lIt
conference IS DIR ii. II. Lowry, VINO na'
Just arrived from hina. Pr l@owry ma,
The distinction Of having been ms nIs
missionary to enter the city oi fehlh
and is also the oldest missionary on th'
field of China, he having spent % Year
of his life there. ~
The special committee on uniillcali9i q, !,
with the Methodist Episcopal Nhurch
South, is holding daily meetings an'
those who are most familiar with the dc
taiis a'is' Of Il the e proposed regional plan ar
carefully explaining all details II is statc'
bv the Hartman of the committee tina