Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-17
METHOD|STS ADD TO
LIST OF BISHOPS
Church Heads Gradually Being
Chosen at the General Con-
ference.
Snecial Disratc TO Every Evening

DES MONIES, Ia, MAY Il
The work of electing the IA bishops
scheduled is proceeding gradually and
steadily at the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, here. The
following have been elected so far:
DIR. l.. J. Birney, dean of the Theologi-
cal School of Boston University. DIR.
Rtrncv was chosen on the first ballot, MS
announced in Every Evening last Satur-
day.
Dr. Tred B. Fisher, associate secretary
Of the Board Of Foreign Missions.
Or T. L. Waldorf. pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church of Cleve-
DR.. Charles f. Locke, pastor of the
First Church Of Los Angeles, Calf
The result Of the third ballot, taken on
Saturday night, was not announced
until today.
On the first ballot:
DR.. ID. G.. Downey, of New York, re-
ceived 164 votes and would surely have
been elected on the second ballot, nut
he gained the floor and withdrew MS
name He said he had no desire to become
a bishop Doctor Downey IS the book
editor Of the denomination His with
drawal was greeted with protests ut frst
and there was a mighty ovation. Several
GitEF men WHO tltttl %
vote also withdrew.
HEsITATEs ON POLITICAL MOVE.
While the General Conference has
requested the bishops to appoint rep
rcscntatlves to attend the Republican
and Democratic national conventions
10 obtain a recognition of national pro-
hlbition in the party, the appoint
ncnts have not vet been made. nc
Methodist bishops are strenuous ~ the
opinion the church and the state should
be kept apart, and they hesitate to take
any action which will appear like dc
parturc from that attitude. The appoint
ments NAV vet be made under pressure
from the General Conference Il 50 the
representatives will be distinguished lay
men and not clergvmen of any rank.
DiSquieting rumors are current here
about the financial results Of the Inter
church World Movement The subscrIp-
tons from what is known rs the Friend
Is Citizens department have been mcager
i was expected the funds from that source
would meet the large expense OF tho cam
ralgn, but they have fallen lar short
Overhead expenses have been cut again
and again, and il IS hoped by that process
to save the situation.
PIeHoP At THIRTY EIGHT.
DR.. Fred r. Fisher who was one Of
the three bishops elected Saturday IS
the youngest man ever chosen for that
high Office He is only IS years old. lie
Is native Of Greencastlc, Pa. lie received
bis education at Asbury College, Boston
University and Harvard For siX years
rs general secretary Of the laymen
Missionary movement. he organized and
and
Institutes He and Mrs. Fisher served as
missionaries in India.
Dr. Elmer L. Waldrof. third bishop
elect. has become a CONSPICUOUS figure
IN the church by reason Of his phenomenal
success ms pastor of the large downtown
FIRST Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleve-
land Ohio
Dr.. Charles Edward Locke, also elected
bishop. is famous for his eloquence as
preacher He has been for II years. pastor
q. First Methodist Church, Los Angeles
Cal
Bishop Frank " Warren, one Of the
n issienarv bishops elected 8 general
was born in Ontario,
Canada, in 1854 1t was at Chicago in
1900 that he was elected miss ionary
bishop He was missionary III the Bengal
Burma area when conSecrated and has
been in India since that time. tie now
lives at Lucknow.
At Moulton, Iowa, in 1866, Bishop
John ". Robinson was born. Ho entered
the ministry IN the Des Moines Con
ference. 1t was when the General Confer
ence met at Minneapolis in 1912 that he
was elected missionary bishop.
Bishop Eben ;. Johnson was born in
England. IN 1866. He
was district superintendent in the
Northwest Iowa Conference when con-
secrated bishop in 1915 al Saratoga Spring.
His residence is at Cape Town, Africa,
where he has had supervision OF the work
IN the Congo, Rhodesla and other South
African districts.
APPEAL PROM DELAWARE.
The full delegation Of the Philadelphia
area, including the New Jersey Della
ware, Wyoming and Philadelphia con-
ferences, went before the assignment
committee Saturday and put in its claims
for the reassignment of the present bishop
for the next four years. The report is
that the delegates were cordially received
but that no definite response vas made by
the committee DR.. A c. kynett made the
formal representation. Only four or five
of the seventeen bishops elected this year