The Washington times., 1921-03-28
.AOVENT|STS To.
AID CANN|BALS.
Convention Meeting tuesday
Will Learn Facts of South
Pacific Work.

Medlcal missionaries are the great
est need among the cannibal tribes
of the South Pacific Islands, accord
ing to the statement made today by
Ed. c. H. Watson, who has made a
long journey to Washington to at
tend the annual spring council Of the
Seventh Day Adventists. The coun-
Gil begins its sessions tomorrow at
the administration building Of the
Adventists at Takoma Park, and
will continue until April z.
GIVE CHILDREN DIsEAsE-
Elder c. X. Meyers. who also has
travelled much among the human
hesh-eating tribes of the South Seas.
is another member who has arrived
for the council Both tell OF re-
mar1Sable transformstions that have
come to the savage tribes after ae-
cepting Christianity.
Elder Watson says that the wierd-
est superstitions exist among the
heather of the South Pacific Islands
and that a great work can be ac-
'complished IL medical missionaries
are sent among them.
One superstition that all mothers
follow he said. is that OF deliberately
inoculafing perfectly healthy chill
dren with the germs of q most
painful disease that breaks out all
over the body like measles. A mother
does not consider that her boy grows
up to the full stature of manhood
unless he has this disease. While
going through the Solomon Islands, 1
saw a boy infected with the disease,
and ! was told that child has to
suffer unutterable agony for six
lnn0 ra hafnra n L. N rttrad
OF it's ravages. II medical mission
aries would go in among these people
and teach them differently, this one
effort would be worth while"
LIST OF DELEGATES.
Questions affecting the entire de-
nomination, in the medical, educa-
tional, evaneelistic and publishing
departments will be considered by the
council, and every State in the Union
and many foreign countries will be
represented by delegates:
Among the delegates OF the gener-
al conference are: A. G. Daniells.
president of the general conference: (:
A. r. Andross, vice president: w. T
Knox, Charles Thompson and II. H.
Cobban. OF the Treasury Department: I:
w. A. Spicer, J. l.. Shaw and T. T..
Rowen, secretaries: F. NJ. Wilcox. ed
itor OF the Review and Herald; c. S.
Longacre, secretary of the Religious
Liberty Department: N. z. Town, w.
w. Eastman. j. II. McEachern, Of the
publishing department.: M. K. Kern.
C. A. Russell. Mrs. L. L. Andross, and
Mrs. Harriet Holt. Of the Young
Peoples Department.; Mrs. L. F..
Plummer. J. 5. James and Miss Rosa
mond ID. Ginthcr, OF the Sabbath
School Department: c. V. Leach. H.
X. Chrlstman and Il. r. Numbers and
Mrs. ]. w. Mace. OF the home missi On
aTy department; w. r. Howell. Otto
John. Mrs. Flora Williams and Miss
sara f. Peck, of the educational de-
nartment.
l.. A. Hansen, DR.. II. w. Miller. DR..
G. II. Heald and DR.. ID. II. Kr"ss of
the Medical Department; G.. B.
Thompson and w. w. Prescott, field
manager OF the Review & Herald;
J. L. McElhaney of Nashville, Tenn,
president of the Southern Union Con-
ference; w. II. Hickman, Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, president of the
Southeastern Union Conference: s. K.
Wight, of College View, Nebraska,
president OF the Central Union Con-
ference; J. w. Christian. Of Glendale,
Cal, president of the Pacific Union
Conference; A. X. ogden OF College
Place. Wash, president Of the North
Pacific Union Conference: Z. X. Slade.
of South Manchester, Mass, president
OF the Atlantic Union Conference.
F. II. Robbins. of Takoma Park,
president of the Columbia Union
Conference; z. T. Russell of st.
Paul, Mimi, president of the North
ern Union Conference; Morris Lu-
kens, of Oklahoma City, Okla, presi-
cent of the Southwestern Union
Conference: A. c. Gilbert, of Calgary.
Canada, president of the Western
Canadian Union Conference; F. w.
Stray, of Oshawa, Canada, president
of the Eastern Canadian Union Con-
ference: William Guthrie, of Berrien
Springs. Mich, president of the Lake
Union Conference, and the physicians
and other sanitarium officials who
have been attending the medical con-
vention at the Washington Sani-