PHILADELPHIA, May 20 (by As
sociated Press).—Admission of women
to ordination as ruling elders of the
Presbyterian church is a question that
will be submitted to a referendum
vote of the entire denomination in the
United States, if the recommendation
♦of a commission which has been
studying the subject for the past year
is approved by the Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly which is in annual ses
sion here.
A survey, taken by the Commission
of the official relation of women in
the church, in which the opinions of
leading ministers, elders and women
was obtained, led its members to these
conclusions:
“That the Scriptures did not forbid
women elders or women preachers;
that three other denominations ordain
women to the ministry but that few
women avail themselves of the privil
ege; that four other denominations
did not have women preachers and
are not inclined to have them; that
the evidence shown is favorable to
women as elders but'unfavorable to
women as ministers; that of the Pres
byterians canvassed 60 per cent favor
ed women as elders, 48 per cent fav
ored as ministers, while 31 per cent
opposed any change in the present
usage of the church.”
An elder in the Presbyterian church
^bccupies a spiritual office but does
not preach. He assists the minister
in his religious duties and, as a Pres
byterian, is a member of the govern
ing body of the church endowed with
the function, among others, of main
taining denominational doctrine and
administering discipline. For cen
turies the office has been filled ex
clusively by men.
Last year, three Presbyteries, R ws?
said, made overtures to the General
Assembly. One from the Presbyter}
m of the Columbia river asked that wom
en be made eligible to ordination
both as ministers and as ruling elders.
Another from the Presbytery of Dal
las, Texas, asked that a committtee
be appointed to investigate the whole
question of enlarged opportuntities
for women in the church and the Pres
bytery of Saginaw, Mich., urged that
they be ordained as ruling elders.
The Moderator thereupon appointed a
commission to inquire and report.
The commission was composed of the
Rev. S. Hall Young, chairman, the
Rev. Edgar W Work and Rush Tag
gart, all of New York, the Rev, Wil
liam Barrett of Bellfortaine, Ohio, and
John T. Manning of New Haven, Conn.
The commission said it found that
the Methodist Protestant, the Congre
gational and the Christian churches
ordain women to the ministry but
few availed themselves of the privlege.
Four other denominations, the Luth
eran, Baptist, Episcopal and Metho
dist Episcopal, it was said, “do not
have women preachers nor does there
seem to be any particular inclination
in these churches to accord them this
office.”
In practically, all of these ‘sev?n
churches,” said the report, “women
are admitted to every other official
position in the church except the min
istry. They serve officially on the
beards, the trustees, deaconesses, etc.,
and there is a growing tendency to ad
mit them to official equality with men
in the matter of council and over
sight in the government and service
of the church.”
Those opposed to any change in the
present usage in the Presbyterian
church were quoted by the commis
sion as arguing that ordination of
women would lower the dignity of the
office, afford an excuse for men to
shirk their duties, retard or defeat the
union of Presbyterian churches in the
United States, keep men from the
church and countenance and accel
erate a “dangerous feministic move
ment.”
Arguments quoted in favor of the
change included statements that it
brould accord with the spirit of the
age and with women’s civil equality,
that women and girls composed the
majority of the membership of the
ch*rch and did more work than the
ether sex and that they were en
titled to the honors as well as the
labors.”
The commission declined to express
any opinion on the merits of the
question, stating that it was divided,
“a majority having expressed them
aelres as conservative.”
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Bank of
Alaska, a banking corporation, plain
tiff, vs. Herbert C. Ross and Harry
Thisted, and Pinnacle Rock Packing
Company, a co-partnership consist
ing of said Herbert C. Ross and
Harry Thisted, and George Dooley
and Dan Greenig, a co-partnership
doing business under the name of
Dooley & Greenig, defendants; K. G.
Robinson, Trustee, intervenor. No.
C-185.
Notice is hereby given that on the
5th day of June, A. D. 1920, at the
hour of 10 o’clock in the forenoon of
said day, at the Cordova House, lo
cated on First street, between A and
B avenues, in the town of Cordova,
Alaska, said building being also lo
cated on lots three (3) and four (4)
of block six (6) of the town of Cor
dova, Alaska, hereinafter more par
ticularly described, pursuant to judg
ment and decree entered in the above
entitled cause and an execution issued
on said decree and judgment, the fol
lowing described real estate will be
sold to the highest bidder for cash, to
wit:
Lots three (3) and four (4) in block
six (6) and lot six (6) in block eleven
(11), all in the platted town of Cor
dova, Alaska, according to the map
and plat thereof on file in the office
of the recorder of Cordova recording
precinct, territory of Alaska, Third di
vision, in Book One (1) of Plats, at
page ten (10) thereof, together with
all and singular the tenements, hered
itaments and appurtenances thereunto
belonging.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 6th
day of May, A. D. 1920.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal.
By J. B. FERREL, Deputy.
Date of first publication, May 7, 1920.
Date of last publication, June 4, 1920.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova
Precinct, at Cordova.—In the matter
of the Estate of Grant G. Caughey,
deceased. No. 137.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, as administrator of the
estate of Grant G. Caughey, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against said decedent,
to present them, with the proper
vouchers, within six months from the
date of this notice, to the undersigned,
at the office ■ of his attorney, Edward
F. Medley, in Cordova, Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, May 7,
1920. W. E. BROWN,
Administrator.
First publication May 7, 1920.
Last publication June 4, 1920.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova
Precinct, at Cordova.—In the matter
of the Estate of Lora Newman, de
ceased. No. 138.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, as administrator of the estate
of Lora Newman, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against said decedent, to pre
sent them, with the proper vouchers,
within six months from the date of
this notice, to the undersigned, at the
office of his attorney, Edward F. Med
ley, ih Cordova, Alaska.
Dated Cordova, Alaska, May 8, 1920.
L. C. PRATT, Administrator.
First publication, May 8, 1920.
Last publication, June 5, 1920.
ORDINANCE NO. 71
An Ordinance making provision for the
installation and maintenance of elec
tric wiring systems, providing for
the enforcement of the same, and
prescribing a penalty.
Be it ordained by the common council
of the town of Cordova, territory of
Alaska:
Section 1. When any person or cor
poration desires to install or alter any
system of electrical wiring in any
building within the corporate limits of
the town of Cordova, Alaska, before
beginning such work such person or
corporation shall make application to
the town clerk for a permit to do
such work. Upon completion of such
work, as authorized by said permit,
said person installing or repairing said
electrical wiring shall notify the fire
warden, who shall pass upon the same
before the installation is used. If the
said work has been done in a manner
complying with the rules and require
ments of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters for the installation of
electrical wiring and apparatus, said
work shall be approved, otherwise dis
approved; and any electrical wiring
which is unsafe and which does not
conform to the rules and requirements
of said National Board of Fire Under
writers is hereby declared to be a
nuisance, and shall be abated and re
moved by the fire warden under direc
tions of the common council.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall fail
or neglect to comply with the provi
sions of this ordinance within thirty
(30) days after the same goes into ef
fect shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not to ex
ceed the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00)
or imprisonment in the town jail not
to exceed twenty-five (25) days, or
both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall go into
effect on and after the date of its pas
sage and approval, and shall be pub
lished by being printed in the Cordova
Daily Times, a newspaper published
at Cordova, Alaska, at least once a
week for four consecutive weeks.
(Seal) A. J. ADAMS, Mayor.
Attest:
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
Introduced and read March 15, 1920.
Passed and approved April 19, 1920.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
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In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Alice
Bruce, plaintiff, vs. Otto G. Bruce,
defendant. No. C-190.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting, to Otto G. Bruce,
the above-named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within
thirty days after the completion of the
publication of this summons, to wit,
within thirty days after the 8th day of
June, 1920, and answer the complaint
of Alice Bruce, the above-named
plaintiff, in the above-entitled cause,
which cause is an action for divorce
in one of the cases prescribed by law,
wherein the plaintiff prays for a de
cree dissolving the bonds of matri
mony between herself and you, and
for such other and further relief as to
the court may seem right and proper
in the premises. And you are hereby
notified that if you fail to appear and
answer said complaint as herein re
quired, the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the court for the re
lief demanded in her complaint, as
hereinbefore set out.
The order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 17th day of April, 1920.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, and the seal
thereof, this 17th day of April in the
year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty, and of our inde
pendence, one hundred and forty-fifth.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By C. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
Edward F. Medley, Cordova, Alaska,
attorney for plaintiff.
Date of first publication, April 27,
1920.
Date of last publication, June 8,
1920.
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SUMMONS
In the District Court of the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division--Tami
Endo Nakamura, plaintiff, vs. Hideo
Nakamura, defendant. No. S-199.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting: To Hideo Naka
mura, the above named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of the
publication of this summons, to-wit,
within thirty days after the 2d day
of July, 1920, and answer the com
plaint of Tami Endo Nakamura, the
above named plaintiff, in the above
entitled cause, which cause is an ac
tion for divorce in one of the cases
prescribed by law wherein the plain
tiff prays for a decree dissolving the j
bonds of matrimony between herself
and you, and for such other and fur
ther relief as to the court may seem
right and proper in the premises. And
you are hereby notified that if you
fail to appear and answer said com
plaint as herein required, the said
plaintiff will take judgment against
you for want thereof, and will apply
to the court for the relief demanded
in her complaint, as hereinbefore set
out.
The order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 19th day of May, 1920.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 19th day of May,
1920, in the year of our Independence
the one hundred and forty-fourth.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By C. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
Edward F. Medley, Cordova, Alaska,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
First publication May 21, 1920.
Last publication July 2, 1920.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Cordova Precinct.—
In the matter of the Estate of W. E.
Townsend, deceased.
Public notice is hereby given that
on the 29th day of April, 1920, the un
dersigned, A. J. Adams, was duly ap
pointed and now is the lawful admin
istrator of the estate of the above
named W. E. Townsend, deceased; and
that all persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
them within six months from the date
of this notice to said administrator,
at his office in the said Cordova pre
cinct, Third judicial division, territory
of Alaska, that office being the place
for transacting the business of said
estate.
This notice is dated and the date of
its first publication is May 11, 1920.
A. J. AllAMS,
Administrator of the Estate of W. E.
Townsend, Deceased.
First publication, May 11, 1920.
Last publication, June 15, 1920.
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Annie
Stephens, plaintiff, vs. Clyde C.
Stephens, defendant No. C-192.
The President of the United States
®f America, greeting, to Clyde C.
Stephens, the above-named defend
ant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to wit, within
thirty days after thp 8th day of June,
1920, and answer the complaint of An
nie Stephens, the above-named plain-*
tiff, in the above-entitled cause, which
cause is an action for divorce in one
of the cases prescribed by law, wherein
the plaintiff prays for a decree dis
solving the bonds of matrimony be
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tween herself and you, and for such |
other and further relief as to the court
may seem right and proper in the
premises. And you are hereby noti
fied that if you fail to appear and an
swer said complaint as herein re
quired, the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want thereof, i j
and will apply to the court for the re- !
lief demanded in her complaint, as ij
hereinbefore set out.
The order for publication of this j
summons was duly made and entered I
on the 24th day of April, 1920.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, and the seal
thereof, this 24th day of April, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty and of our inde
pendence the one hundred and forty
fifth.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By C. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
Edward F. Medley, Cordova, Alaska,
attorney for plaintiff.
Date of first publication, April 27,
1920.
Date of last publication, June 8,
1920.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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In the United States Commissioner’s j
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Cordova Precinct.— |
In the matter of the Estate of |
Charles C. Keenan, deceased.
Public notice is hereby given that
on the 17th day of April, 1920, the
undersigned, Bartley Howard, was _
duly appointed, and now is, the lawful
administrator of the estate of the
above-named Charles C. Keenan, de
ceased; and that all persons having
claims against said estate are required
to present them within six months
from the date of this notice to said ad
ministrator, at the law office of Frank
H. Foster, his attorney in this matter,
at Cordova, in the said Cordova pre
cinct, Third judicial division, territory
of Alaska, that office being the place
for transacting the business of said
estate.
This notice is dated and the date of
its first publication is April 17, 1920.
BARTLEY HOWARD,
Administrator of the Estate of
Charles C. Keenan, deceased.
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