Assistant General Secretary-Clifford Mans- Assistant Treasurer-Arthur W. Cobbett. The purpose of the association is to promote the improvement and extension of moral and religious education through existing agencies in the churches, schools, etc., by serving as a center, a clearing house and a bureau of information and promotion. The association publishes a bimonthly magazine, maintains a permanent library, conducts surveys, circulates free pamphlets, organizes professional workers, holds general conventions and local conferences. It enrolls in its membership any persons interested in moral and religious education regardless of sectarian or theological lines. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Bible House, Astor place, New York, N. Y. General Secretaries-Rev. William I. Haven, Treasurer-Gilbert Darlington, Bible House, Assistant Secretary-Rev. J. L. McLaughlin, Agency Secretaries in the United States-Rev. THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA. General Secretary-Rev. William H. Matthews. THE FAMILY ALTAR LEAGUE. The Family Altar league is a worldwide company of people who have made a COVenant to maintain a family altar in their homes. Covenant cards are furnished on request, and to all who enroll by signing the covenant a certificate of membership is sent without cost. In 1922 500,000 cards had been sent out. It is estimated that more than 100,000 new family altars have been established and 300,000 lives are being touched and influenced every day in the home because of the league. The headquarters are at 207 South Wabash avenue. Chicago, Ill. The officers are: The Rev. W. E. Biederwolf, D. D., president; the Rev. Fred E. Bennett, general secretary; the Rev. R. Howard Taylor, recording secretary. AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. Headquarters, 1816 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. President-Martin L. Finckel. Recording Secretary-William H. Hirst. Secretary of Missions-Rev. George P. Wil- Secretary of Publications-James THE SALVATION ARMY. McCon Founded in London, July, 1865; organized in the United States in New York, N. Y., in March, 1880. Commander in Chief-Gen. Bramwell Booth. Commander of United States Forces-Evan- West Eastern Territorial Headquarters-122 William Western Territorial Headquarters-36 McAllister ford. Posts in World-13.577. Social Institutions and Day Schools-2.441. INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF THE KING'S First Vice-President-Mrs. W. G. Bennett, 701 Second Vice-President-Mrs. J. N. Lewis, Madi- Third Vice-President-Mrs. Elwin L. Page, 6 Executive Secretary-Mrs. C. A. Menet, 280 Recording Secretary-Mrs. Charleston, S. C. Thomas Silcox. Treasurer-Mrs. Charles K. Winslow, 5 Jerome place, Upper Montclair, N. J. Editor-Mrs. Howard C. Arnold, 280 Madison avenue, New York, N. Y. The officers serve until April, 1926. BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW. Officers, 1924. Chairman-H. Lawrence Choate, Chicago, Ill. Vice-Chairmen-John A. Ely, Shanghai, China; Harry W. Atkinson, Baltimore, Md. Secretary-Cecil A. Eby, Shreveport, La. UNITARIAN CHURCH. American Unitarian Association. President-Samuel A. Eliot, D. D., LL. D., Boston, Mass. Vice-Presidents James A. Tufts, Exeter, N. H.; Mrs. W. Scott Fitz, Boston, Mass.: Frank H. Hiscock, Syracuse, N. Y.; George Soulé, New Orleans, La.; Arthur E. Morgan, Dayton, O.; Charles A. Lory, Fort Collins, Col.; TWO NEW AMERICAN and On March 6, 1924, it was announced at the Vatican in Rome that the pope had decided to elevate two American archbishops to the cardinalate because of the generous response of the people of the United States to the holy see's appeals for the suffering nations of Europe. The prelates to be so honored, it was further announced, were Archbishop George William Mundelein of Chicago Archbishop Patrick Joseph Hayes of New York. They were summoned to Rome and arrived there March 17. On March 24 they were formally proclaimed cardinals at a secret consistory in the Vatican. On March 26 the second of the ceremonies. that of imposing the biretta and skull cap on the new cardinals, took place in the consistorial hall. The third and last of the ceremonies took place in the right transept of the basilica of St. Peter's March 27, when Pope Pius XI. gave them their broad-brimmed red silk hats, symbolic of their rank as cardinals. This investiture was witnessed by fully 10.000 persons, many of whom were Americans. Santa Maria del Popolo was made the titular church of Cardinal Mundelein and Santa Maria in Via Lata that of Cardinal Hayes. CARDINALS CREATED. Both these Roman sanctuaries are rich in medieval traditions. This made the full title of Cardinal Mundelein "George William, of title Santa Maria del Popolo, Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago," and of Cardinal Hayes, "Patrick Joseph, of title Santa Maria in Via Lata, Cardinal Hayes. Archbishop of New York." George William Mundelein was born in New York city July 2. 1872. He attended Manhattan college, St. Vincent seminary and the Urban College of Propaganda in Rome. Ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic church in 1895 he became auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn, N. Y.. June 30, 1909. archbishop of Chicago Feb. 9. 1916, and cardinal March 24, 1924. a Patrick Joseph Hayes was born in New York city Nov. 20. 1867, and was educated at Manhattan college and the Catholic University of America. He was ordained priest of the Roman Catholic church in 1892. In 1914 he was consecrated auxiliary bishop of New York and was appointed archbishop March 10. 1919. He was elevated to the cardinalate March 24, 1924. DEATH OF ACTRESS LOTTA. Charlotte Crabtree, better known by her stage name of Lotta. died in Boston, Mass.. Sept. 25, 1924. She was born in New York city in 1847 and began her career as an actress at the age of 6 in Petaluma. Cal. Ten years later she appeared at Niblo's Garden in New York and thereafter she was for some thirty years one of the best known actresses in the United States. She met with great success in such plays as "Little Nell." "Firefly." ." "Topsy" and "Musette." She accumu leted a fortune valued at $4.000.000 and after her retirement from the stage lived most of the time in New York and Boston. In her will she directed that a trust fund of $2.000.000 be established for the benefit of disabled world war veterans and their dependents. The remaining $2.000.000 went chiefly to needy actors and actresses, hospitals, discharged convicts and the care of dumb animals. "I thoroughly believe that in the making of this particular trust [for men and women disabled in the world war I have selected the noblest and most deserving philanthropy to which my estate can be put." the testatrix said in her will. "I have great pride and admiration for the heroic and patriotic serv ice rendered by our soldiers. sailors and women who were in the service of the United States during the world war." AMERICAN WAR CEMETERIES IN EUROPE. They con Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France... Unknown There are eight American soldier cemeteries | Oise-Aisne American cemetery, No. 608: in Europe. six of which are in France, one in Belgium and one in England. tain 30.587 bodies, distributed as Meuse-Argonne American cemetery. No. 1232: Romagne sous Montfaucon . (Meuse). France Unknown follows: 6.071 698 Aisne-Marne American cemetery. No. 1764: Belleau. Aisne, France... Unknown 2.220 224 .13.938 483 Suresnes American cemetery. No. 34: Suresnes. Paris, France.. 1.497 Unknown 2 Flanders Field American cemetery. No. 1352: Waereghem, Belgium. 365 Unknown 157 Unknown 29 Somme American cemetery, No. 636: Bony. Aisne, France. Brookwood American 1.830 107-E: Brookwood, Surrey, England.. 435 Unknown 154 Unknown 66 St. Mihiel American cemetery. No. 1233: Thiaucourt, Meurthe STATISTICS OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES (1923). Denomination. Adventists-Advent Christians Seventh-Day Church of God Churches of God in Christ 93 3.490 ciples of Christ Churches of Christ* Total Communistic Bodies 13 5,826 .... 1,784 867,633 Dis Assemblies of God... 1,069 70,000 Baptists Northern Conven tion 2.206 200.96%2 Southern Convention 28.204 3,519,921 Evangelistic Associations 207 13,933 National Convention (col ored) Evangelical Protestant (Ger- 37 General Six-Principle 9 450 Evangelical Synod 1,324 17,926 300,449 Seventh-Day 80 7.591 Seventh-Day 165 Free Christian Zion (col ored). Freewill 762 753 Freewill (colored) 95,128 200 13,800 "Hicksite" 144 17.412 General 475 29,000 "Wilburite" 45 3,500 Separate 55 4.000 Primitive Regular United 755 49.184 Primitive 2.200 85,000 Primitive Colored* 336 15,144 Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Pre Jewish Congregations* 1,901 357,135 destinarian* Latter-Day Saints-Latter Day Saints (Utah). Total Baptists (14 bodies) 63.147 8.237.021 Reorganized Church 678 95,815 Brethren (Dunkards) Con servative Old Order 62 Progressive 206 3.160 25.797 Co operative Through Na Church of God, New. tional Lutheran Council 10 1.000 United Lutheran Church.. 3,570 810,816 Joint Ohio Synod.. 908 148.060 Iowa Synod 966 137.318 Brethren (Plymouth)*. Brethren (River). 458 13,244 Buffalo Synod 44 5.820 122 5,962 Immanuel Synod 8 1.249 Buddhist Japanese Temples 12 5.639 Jehovah Conference 6 6.925 Catholic Apostolic 13 2.768 Augustana Synod 1,188 208,124 Catholics (Eastern) Norwegian Lutheran Church 3,083 281,000 menian Apostolic.. Lutheran Free Church... 343 29.000 Russian Orthodox 300 200.000 Eielsen's Synod 30 709 Greek (Hellenic) Orthodox 145 249,000 Lutheran Brethren 40 1.600 Syrian Orthodox 35 50.000 United Danish Church.... 190 15.573 Syrian (Antioch) Orthodox 23 26.000 Danish Church 103 13,500 Serbian Orthodox 21 28.500 Icelandic Synod 15 1,373 Roumanian Orthodox 29 6,500 Suomai (Finnish) Synod.. 171 20.555 Bulgarian Orthodox 4 2.450 Albanian Orthodox ............ 6 Finnish National Church.. 55 3.727 100 20.000 Catholics (Western)-Roman Joint Wisconsin Synod.. 662 139.605 .17,503 15,655.260 Slovak Synod 58 7.000 Polish Catholic American Old Catholic.... Total Western Catholics..17,613 15,750,260 60 70.000 Norwegian Synod 50 4.583 25.000 Negro Mission 50 2,215 3.940 (3) Independent Congre Christian Church 1,134 103,091 gations Christian Union 322 17,200 Total Lutherans .15,473 2,465,841 Church of Christ. Scientist 1,828 Church of God and Saints Scandinavian Evangelical of Christ (colored). Swedish Evangelical Mis Churches of God (Wine sion Covenant brenner) Churches of God General Swedish Evangelical Free.. 102 6,208 32 2.444 Assembly 42.152 Churches of the Living God (colored) -Mennonite Church Churches of the New Jeru salem-General Convention Old Order Amish 82 7.746 Conservative Amish 16 365 General Church ......... 14 1,014 Defenseless 12 1.240 Central Conference Old Order (Wisler) 21 1.608 Church of the Nazarene.... 1,300 50,721 Reformed 34 1.764 General 19.937 ers 6 250 Mennonite Brethren 50 1.200 Brethren (Dunkards) 99,225 United Brethren in Christ 3.294 402.656 381 24.219 943 129.717 390.997 teachers. Denomination. Church of Jesus Christ... 1,064 Reorganized Church... 558 28,222 Baptist 112,287 Property. 152.924 All denominations....203,432 $1,676.600,582 Churches. 51,803 198,364.747 311.291 Congregational General Council.... 2.383 Synodical Conference.. 1,583 110.098 Lutherans 306.785 Disciples of Christ. 24.313 Methodists United Norwegian... 897 44,645 Presbyterians 66.867 Protestant Episcopal.. 38,120 Roman Catholic.. 95.698 Unitarians Mennonites (16 bodies)... 665 79.621 Universalists Mrs. Rosalie Evans, a British subject, was ously to suit the authorities. After being killed Aug. 2, 1924, near Texmelucan, state besieged in the British legation in Mexico of Puebla, Mexico, by a band of men supposed City for some days he was permitted to go to be agrarians or communists. She owned a peaceably. Sir Thomas Hohler was sent by the large hacienda in that part of Mexico and a British government to investigate the affair. portion of it had previously been seized by The murder of Mrs. Evans attracted wide communists under the alleged protection of attention on both sides of the Atlantic. Presifederal troops. As early as June the Mexican dent Obregon ordered a strict investigation of government had clashed with the representa- the matter. He expressed the belief that the tives of Great Britain, who were attempting killing was the work of ordinary bandits and to guard Mrs. Evans' interests. Herbert C. not of the agrarians with whom the victim Cummins, the British charge d'affaires, was had had trouble. Four men were arrested even ordered to be forcibly expelled from the for the crime. Their fate had not been decountry for defending Mrs. Evans too vigor- termined when this record closed. CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE. Founded Dec. 14. 1910. Dec. 14, 1910, Andrew Carnegie transferred | made at a meeting in the rooms of the Carto a board of trustees $10,000.000 in 5 per negie Research Foundation in Washington. cent first mortgage bonds, the revenue of D. C. The office of the administration is at which will be used to "hasten the abolition 2 Jackson place, Washington, D. C. The secof international war" and to establish last-retary is James Brown Scott. ing world peace. The formal transfer was |