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Show i NEW BISHOPS MiE(TBl) VOK EPISCOPAL CHURCH ; i'JjVCJNNATI, 0., Oct. 20. Tho fol- , lowing new bisliops were appointed by ilic- Proteslaut Episcopal general con- ' veniion licrc today: Jiev. (iuuro Allot; Beccbor of Omalm, ' lo be bishop of Kearney, Is'cb. I Ji;y. Theodore- Pay no' Thurston of ALinucapolis, to be bishop of Hast Oklahoma. Okla-homa. llcv. Francis 7j. H. Polls, Slumghfii, China, to be bishop of Wuwu, China. Ucv. Louis San ford, Berkeley. Gal., to bo bishop of Sun .loaquin. Gal. Row .Julius Walker Aliwuud, Phoo-ui.v, Phoo-ui.v, Ariz, to bo bishop of Arizona. Kcv. lOdward A, Templo. Waco, Tex., j to bo i)ishop of northern Texas. A social conference w:ih ono of Ihe features today. 71 was held under tho I auspices of the standing commission of j tho church on relation between capital ,and labor, the? Christian Social union j :md tho social service departiucnl. of the j Girls' Friendly society of America, j The house of bishops and the house of deputies held two sessions. A mass iiieetniy for the discussion of tho social responsibilities of the church is on Ihe program for this evening. By the election of these bishops the membership of the house of bishops of tho church is increased to III). Bishop A It wood is a missionary in Arizona. Bishop Kan Ford is societal" of the buard ol missions for Ihe eighth missionary mis-sionary doparliueul. and formerly was rector of St. Johns in Kan Francisco. Bishop Potts is head of St. Johns1 college in Shanghai. Bishop Temple is the rector of the! church at Waco. Texas, i - |