Evening star., 1926-05-01
ALL NJ. T. BISHOPS
. MEET NEXT WEEK
Those From Foreign Coun-
tries Will Take Part in
Conference Here.

The semiannual meeting of the
bishops of the Methodist Episcopa
Church will he held at Foundry NJ. T.
Church here for five days, beginning
next Wednesday.
\ feature of the gathering is the
fact that for the first time in many
years all bishops from foreign coun
tries were called for the meeting
The board of bishops met here the
last time in 1914.
There will be a banquet of the
Methodist Union Tuesday night at the
Raleigh Hotel, with DR.. Arthur c.
Christie presiding. Bishop William
+. Mcdowell will he POSTMASTER and
will greet the bishops. Addresses
will be made by MShops Herbert
Welch. Ernest l.. Waldorf and Edwin
n. Hughes.
Various Nights" Planned.
"Wednesday at s pm. Latin Amer
lea and Europe night will be observed
al Foundry Church. Senator Charles
S. Deneen of Illinois will preside
Addresses will be made by Bishops
George A. Miller of Mexico, William
F. Oldham of Buenos Aires and Ed
gar Blake of Paris.
Southern Asia night will be OBJ
served at s pm. Thursday. Rev. DR..
Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of
Foundry, will preside, and addresses
will be made by Bishops Titus Lowe
of Malaysia and Frederick Fisher of
India.
Eastern Asia night will be Friday at
s pm. with Senator Simeon ID. Fess
Of Ohio presiding. Those who will
speak are Bishops l.. j. Birney and
George r. GroSe of China and Herbert
Welch of Japan and Korea.
African night will be observed
Thursday at s pm. at the Asbury
Church. with Bishop Joseph {. Hart
zell presiding. Addresses will be made
by Bishops f. s. Johnson, Robert f..
Jones, Matthew w. Clair and I. r.
Scott.
White House Reception.
The bishops will be received Thurs
day at 1890 o'clock by President and
Mrs. Coolidge at the White House.
Pursuant to a custom inaugurated by
President Washington and Bishops
Cooke and Asbury. Bishop Berry.
senior bishop, will present a brief ad-
dress to the President in behalf of
the church and the President will re-
spond.
Saturday from to o'clock the
bishops will be the guests Of Metro
politan Memorial Church in an auto
mobile ride to the Asbury Statue.
American University, the Methodist
Building. the Lincoln Memorial. Ar
lington, the grave of William Waters
first native Methodist itinerant
preacher), the Capitol, Sibley Hospital
and other points of interest. At )
o'clock the corner stone of the Metho-
dist Home for the Aged, Connecticut
..f, will hn q
with appropriate ceremonies. Bishops
Wilson, Cranston. Bristol. Hamilton
and Mcdowell will be present.
Bishops to Attend.
The bishops who will attend the con-
ference are: Earl Cranston, Cincinnati.
Ohio retired: John w. Hamilton,
Washington. d. c., retired: Joseph F.
Berry. Philadelphia, Pa; William F..
Mcdowell. Washington, d. c.; William
Burt. Clifton Springs. n. Y. retired;
Luther E. Wilson. New York, n. y;
William r. Anderson. Boston, Mass;
John l.. Nuelsen, Zurich. Switzerland;
Edwin Fl. Hughes, Chicago, ILL.,; Frank
NJ. Bristol, Washington. ID. c.. retired:
Theodore S Henderson. Cincinnati.
Ohio: William o. Shepard, Portland.
Greg: Francis J. Mcconnell. Pitts
burgh, Pa; Frederick d. Leete. In
dianapolis. Ind; Richard J. Cooke.
Athens. Tenn, retired; Wilbur P.
Thirkield. Chattanooga, Tenn: Her
bert Welch. Seoul, Korea; Thomas
Nicholson, Detroit. Mich; Adna w.
Leonard, Buffalo. y. Y; William F.
Oldham, Buenos Aires. Argentina;
Charles r. Mitchell, Manila, P. H.;
Francis w. Warne, Bangalore City.
India; John w. Robinson, Delhi.
India; Eben S. Johnson, .Tamboers,
Kloof. Cape Town, Africa: Lauress j..
Birney. Shanghai. China; Frederick
B. Fisher Calcutta. India: Ernest L.
Waldorf, Kansas City. Mo: Charles
f. Locke, st. Paul. Mimi: Ernest G.
Richardson, Atlanta. Ga: Charles w.
Burns, San Francisco. Calf; Edgar
Blake. Paris. France; Frederick T.
Keeney, Omaha. Nebr.; Fl. Lester
Smith, Helena. Mont: Charles l..
Mead. Denver, Colo: Robert E. Jones.
New Orleans. La; Matthew w. Clair,
Covington. Ky; George A. Miller
Mexico City, Mexico: Titus Lowe.
Singapore. Straits Settlement, Malaga:
George r. Grose; Peking, China:
Brenton r. Bailey, Bombay, India;
Wallace r. Brown, Foochow, China:
Joseph G. HartZell, Blue Ash. Ohio.
retired. and Isaiah B. Scott, Nash
vile, Tenn, retired.