Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-28
MethOdists Make
Many Changes in
BishOp ASSIGNMENTS

Sprlngneld, MASS, May 21--OVer nah
the episcopal residences Of the Method
list Episcopal church have q change In
bishops as a result Of the general con.
ference's episcopal assignments. ap-
proved at tonight's session. All Of the
five newly-elected bishops were sent to
foreign stations. Boston lost Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes to Chicago, which
lost Bishop Thomas Nicholson to De.
troit. Bishop Theodore s. Henderson
was moved from Detroit to Cincinnati
and Bishop William F. Anderson from
Cincinnati to Boston. Bishop Adna w
Leonard was shifted from San Fran
cisco to Buffalo. Bishop William Burt
of the latter city having been retired
on account of age.
Bishop Charles B. Mitchell of St
Paul changed places with Bishop
Charles E. Locke of Manila, P. I. The
complete list of changes follows. The
new assignments were as follows:
United States
Boston-William +. Anderson, from
Cincinnati.
Buffalo-Adna W. Leonard, from San
Francisco.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-Wilbur p.
Thirkield. from Mexico City.
Chicago-Edwin P. Hughes, from
Boston.
Observation-Disclosures S. Henderson.
from Detroit.
Covington, KY. NEW station)-Mat-
thew Clair, from Liberia (station abol-
ished).
Detroit-Thomas Nicholson. from
Chicago.
Helena, Mont.-P. Lester Smith,
from Bangalore, India.
Omaha-Frederick T. Keeney, from
Foochow, China.
Kansas City. Mo. (new station)-
Ernest L. Waldorf. from Wichita, Kas.
Emerged with Kansas City,.
st. Paul-Charles E. Locke, from
Manila.
San Francisco-Charles W. Burns,
from Helena.
Foreign
Foochow-Wallace f. Brown, CO.
Pekin-George r. Grose, CO.
Observation-Disclosures w. Warner,
from Lucknow.
Bombay-Brenton T. Bailey, (2).
Delhi-John w. Robinson, from
Bomby.
Manila-Charles B. Mitchell. from
st. Paul,
Singapore-Titus Lowe, ~.
Mexico City-George A. Miller,
(Z).
(Z)-Newly elected.
The bishops who have retired from
age or illness are: George P. Buckley
of Singapore tsupernumerary rela-
tom; William A. Quayle of st.
Louis, Emerged with Kansas City,
MOI; William Burt, of Buffalo:
Frank NJ. Bristol of Chattanooga,
and Homer c. Stuntz of Omaha.
Many of the changes were due
to an order made by this conference
that the episcopacy committee
should have in mind" an eight year
Limitation to the bishops tenure of
any one station. Bishops Hughes,
Anderson and Nicholson fell in this
group. as did Bishops Luther B. Will
son of New York, Joseph F. eBrry
of Philadelphia and william F. Nc
Dowell of Washington. The latter
three were left In their present resi-
dences.
After the announcement of assign
ments the delegates bowed their
heads in prayer and then crowded
the platform to shake hands with
the bishops and wish them good luck
at their stations. old and new.
The conference wound up most
of its important business today, chief
among its acts being the approval Of
o modification OF the so-calied
Amusement ban" to permit diver
sfUns which might be enjoyed ''in
the name OF the Lord Jesus" The
limitation OF district superintendents
to six, years In any one district was
also approved, as was a proposal to
establish. a national Methodist Epis-
copal tuberculosis sanatorium at
Colorado Springs, Colorado.