The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1922, Page 8

PAGE EIGAT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE + WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 TOTAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES REACHES 45,997,199, SAYS STATISTICIAN wxceuetsts su cic x Figures Show That The Churches Are Steadily Overcoming Their War Losses BIG GAIN SINCE 1916 CENSUS | There Are 233,104 Congrega-| tions Headed By Over 200,000 Ministers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington, Feb, 1i—Every day during the last five years an average of 2173 persons joined the various cburehes of America. During the same time an average of three con- gregations have been organized daily and the average number joining the ministry has been four and one-half persons per day. These facts are brought to light by religious statistics for the United States compiled by Dr. E. O. Watson, Washington secretary of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The figures show that the churches are steadily overcoming their war losses. The total church membership of. the country, according to the latest available figures, is 45,997,199, This is an. increase of 4,070,345 over the 1916 census figures and indicates a gain of more than a million members for the preceding 12 months. The various religious bodies report 238,104 congregations headed by 200,- 090 ministers. This is a gain of 5617 congregations and 8294 clergy over STRONGER “BLOC,” BY HARRY HUNT Washington, Feb. 15—The election eeds and demands of agriculture and abor—not .the organization of a 231,588 over the 1916 figures, its total! third party movement—is the end now being 2,246,067. The Protestant} scueyt By fee, jorgerenelye cone @yiseopal church has recovered its| ence to be held in Chicago, Feb. 20. Episcopal church has recovered its | That 4. third party, movement ultt- war loss and now shows a gain of! mately may grow out of the situa- 11,208 over the 1916 figures, of which’ tion developed by the Chicago con- were reported last year. S ference is recognized as possible. But total membership is 1,104,029 per-' that is wholly a secondary considera- sons. An interesting fact is that the ition, OF FARM- Salvation Army. | membership of 35,969 shows an crease of only 56 persons over fiv years ago. agures of 1916. j Baptist denominations shows an in crease for that period. Baptist convention with a membe ship of 1,253,878 apparently shows gain of only 2173 but the explanation must be made that during this period 196,867 Missouri Baptists, former!: affiliated with the Northern Bap tists convention, transferred _ thei alignment to the Southern Baptist convention which now has 3,199,005 members. This was the largest gain made by any single communion. The increase of 177,746. n Baptist bodies show a loss of 7687. a membership of 587,918, an increase ures. Membership Figures The last available figures regarding membership of the various denomina- tions and their gains during the last five years are as follows: Congregational churches, 819 225; gain, 7,2951. Presbyterians U. S. A. (North), 1,722,361; gain, Presbyterians U. S. (South), 397,058; the government figures for 1916. While there has been much talk of a shortage of ministers the increase in clergy has been approximately 50 per cent more than the increase in the congregations. The 38,014 difference between ministers and congregations does not indicate a corresponding shortage of pastors, as many \minis- ters, especially in the rural districts, have charge of two or more churches. 17,885,645 Catholics Of the 45,997,199 persons listed of- ficially as church members, the Rom- an Catholics have 17,885,646. Roman Catholic figures represent estimated population, including all baptized per- sons. Protestant bodies count only communicants. The thirty bodies related to the Federal Council of Churches have 19,- 933,115 members. They have a total of 142,472 congregations manned by 113,761 clergy. Their gain in mem- bership over the preceding five years is 1,245,035. Their total, constituency is 55,812,722, a gain of 3,448,618 over the 1916 census figures. The total religious constituency of the country (including all members and adherents) is placed at 95,858,- 096 persons. Owing to different sta- tistical methods of the various churches these figures are estimated in accordance with studies made by statisticians. On this comparable basis the constituency of the various great bodies is as follows. gain, 89,289. United Presbyterian Church of N. A., 160,528; gain, 198. Reformed Presbyterian Church in N. A., general synod, 2400; gain, 14. So- ciety of Friends (orthodox). 96,135; gain, 3756. Disciples of Christ, 210,023; gain, 16,005. Evangelica! Synod of North America, 274,860; gain, 64,993. Evangelical association 160,000; gain, 39,244. Seventh Baptists, 8044; gain, 64. Christian with a reported The combined Baptist bodies show) Union, chairman of the committe is- a gain of 681,987 persons over the! suing the call. : Each of the major | The Northern! in existence and by cooperation ‘bring National Baptists (colored) show an! Fourteen other | The Latter-Day Saints. or Mormons, ual meeting of the executive coun- as they are generally known, report | cll of the American Federation of 113,000 over the 1916 census fig- ational official of the federation from 111,110, | Polling voice. “We need quick action. We want results et the election .this fall,” de- ares William 'H. Johnston, president jof tho International Machinis‘s “That means we have to make use of those constructive forces already about a political unity that can elect to congress men who love their coun- try more than a dollar.” Among those asked to attend are men and women representatives of organized labor, organized farmers, ‘the 'Non-Partisan League, the Farm- Labor party of 1920, the Socialist iparty and ths Consumers’ League. They will not attend as official repre- sentatives of those groups, however. A. F. of L. Left Out The day of the conference is the | same as that previously set for the an- of Latpr. This will prevent any high jattending. But John L. ‘Lewis of the {United Mine ‘Workers, and John ; Walker of the Illinois federation are |exnected to attend. The labor stand at the conference |will b2 dominated by forces outside jthe federation with the railroad brotherhoods having perhaps a con- ; Among farmer representatives, ;Who will insist on the continuance of :@ closely bound agricultural bloc in jcongress, but with lines broadened to \take in labor and to draw “progres- sive” votes from both political parties, will be: ‘ Ben F, Marsh, of the Farmers’ Na- tional Council, Washington; Milo ‘Reno, Des Moines, president of the Towa Farmers’ Union; H. L. Bisson- Day inette, Charles City, Ia., president of jthe Iowa Society of Equity, and J. Church (American Christian Conven-; Ww, Long, Madison, Wis., secretary- tion), 97,084; gain, 21,653. United Lutheran church (organized within five-year period: from a group of Lu- theran churches), 791,400. Primitive Methodists, 10,986; gain, 1633. Mo- ravians (Unitas Fratrum), 31,767; gain, 5394. jtreasurer of the United Farmers of | America. ;_ Former Covernor Frazier of North |Dakota is expected to be among the representatives of the 'Non-Partisan |League. Maurice Hillquit will be Reformed Episcopa!|among Socialists and the Rev. John A. church, 13,022; gain, 1972, Reformed! Ryan and Bishop Charles D. Williams Chu{h_ in ‘Americ, 135,634; gain, 9295. Reformed Church in the United States, 831,869; gain, 13.005. Chris- tian Reformed church, 42,902; gain, 5234. Church of the United Brethren in Christ, 364,229; gain, 15,401. . Uni- ted Evangelical church. 90,096; gain, 322. National Baptist convention (colored), 3,116,325; gain, 177,746. African Methodist Episcopal church (colored), 551,766; gain, 3411. Afri- can Methodist Episcopal Zion, 412.- 328; gain, 155,159. Colored Method- ist Episcopal Church in America, 245.749. The membership of some of. the better known smaller bodies is as fol- + 6 lows: Protester a sepeeas oman Soctal Brethren, 950; Society of 7,885,646; Jews, 1,120,- fs *!Quiritualis tava | Ovthodae (Greek ‘and Ethical Culture, 3210; Spiritualists, s ), 411,054; Latter-Day Saints , (Mormons), 1,646,170. Of the Jewish figures, 400,000 are es- timated. The Jewish bodies have dif- ferent methods of reporting, ‘some counting only heads of families and others only heads of families who are also pew holders. Volume 22 of the American Jewish Year Book es- timates the Jewish population of th2 United States at 3,300,000. As the churches report their sta- ics as a whole it is practically im- le to tell in what part of the country the great gains have been |} made. Indications are that the ad- vance is all along the line. A specially significant growth has been reported by the Southern Baptists and South- ern Methodists. Baptists’ Pass Methodists For the first time the Baptists have passed the’ Methodists in total mem- bership, now having 7,835,250 mem- bers, against a Methodist membership of 7,797,991. The Lutheran bodies stand third with a membership of 2,- 466,645 persons and the Presbyterians are fourth with 2,384,683 members. Practically all of the major re- ligious, faiths have made a gain ex- cept. the Unitarians, who show a loss of ‘30,880 members as compared | ti 1916 figures, with their total mem- bership of last year being 51,635; and the Methodist Protestant church which shows apparently a loss of; 8625 members for the five-year per- iod. The Churches of God in Ameri- ca, General Eldership with a mem- bership of 25,920, also show a de- crease of 2456 members. The Roman Catholics show a membership and ad- herent gain of 2,163,830 during the last five years. They have 16,580 churches manned by 21,643 priests. The Methodist Episcopal church (North) reports an increase in mem- bership of 220,870 over the 1916 fig- ures and 62,595 members over last year, its present membership being 3,938,655. It is the largest single Protestant communion. The Method- ist Episcopal church, South, shows a great gain of 91,315 members for the preceding year with an addition of Run Down? _ Kidney and bladder troubles are not limited to men. Housework, or work in office or factory, causes women to enfier from weak, overworked or dis- eased kidneys. The symptoms are— puffiness under the eyes, sallow skin, constant tired feeling, lack of ambition, nervous condition, backache, rheumatic pains, sore muscles, stiff joints. [oley Kidney Pills Get right at the. cause of suffering and misery, regulate the kidneys and blad- der and restore the diseased organs to sound and healthy condition. 1, 2009 Woodbourne Ave.. Ky,, sites: “I am just getting along tehing Foley Kidney Pills every other should have seen me before I started T was vellov a8 gold, now my eyes and skin are all cleared uv. My kidneys do not bother me at ght any nw 1 it will help sume other poor 105,837; Theesophical society, 62,180; Universalists, 58.566; Bahais, 2884; Adventists (five bodies), 136,233; Ar- menain church, 27.450; Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian, two bodies), 8087; Friends (four bodies), ats 39; Volunteers of America, 10,- TRIBUNE WRITER VISITS CAPITAL Arthur ‘Sears Henning. Washington correspondent of the Chicago Trib- une and well known writer on nation- al political questions, visited Bis- marck yesterday, investigating vari- ous asp2cts of the political situation in North Dakota. He visited the state capitol and conferred with many of- ficials. German submarine U-20, which sank the ‘Lusitania, may be converied into a seaside restaurant. | will represent’ the liberal clergy. Mrs, Florence Kelly and Mrs. E. P. Costigan of the National ‘Consumers’ Lexgue will ‘be spokeswomen for vot- ing housewives. LOANS APPROVED _ BY STATE BOARD The board of uniersity and school lands. in special meeting here, auth- orized payment of a total of $197,700 in the purchase’ of bond issues of school distnicts and in making farm} loans. The money was realized from the sale of $190,000 worth of. Victory bonds at above ‘par and other reve- nue, The fund was distributed as fol- lows: .Farm loans, $79,000; purchase of bond issues, Rolla school district, $50,000; Bohnsack school district, Traill county, $25,000; Isabel school district, Benson county, $24,000; 1 Starkweather school district, Ramsey county, $9,700; Uxbridge school dis- trict, Barnes county, $5,000; city of Minot, sewage disposal plant bonds $25,000. The bond issues were purchased 'in April, 1920, but funds have not been able. The board has purchased oth- er bond issues for which it does not have funds. It is stated that new ap- plications probably cannot be received |- for two years. Use of oil as ship fuel has killed meny aquatic birds and inhabitants of the ocean along the Yorkshire coast. At her marriage ceremony in India a bride stands on a large: plate filled with milk and rose colored sweets. TAYLOR HOME BANKED ON FOR CLEW HOLLYWOOD BUNGALOW OF WILLIAM DESMOND TAYLOR, MURDERED MOVIE DIRECTOR. BODY AND FURNITURE IN THE WAS DISCOVERED. By NEA Service, Los Ang?les, al why is ba may use my. name wherever yous 5 advertised.” = INSET, WILLIAM DESMOND TAYLOR. Feb, 15—Police are | now unknown murderer. combing the Hollywood bungalow of | William Desmond Taylor, murdered comoepnotion picture director, for clews that | death on the evening of February 1! AIM MEET “BEN F, MARSH EXGOVERNOR PYNN J, FRAZIER B ma coer : and it is on’the bungalow that police have fallen back: as ‘the most prob- able source.of a clew that will really set detectives ‘on jhe right track. Taylor met his, death in a combi- nation drawing and music room that occupies the right front quarter of the’ bungalow’s lower. story. The movie director was standing at the table, shown in the center ot the “drawing, examining several’ can- celed checks when the fatal shot was fired from the rear. The death room offers only three possible avenues: of ingress to the murderer, it is seen. These are: The door at the left, which could be entered from the hallway behina the front entrance of the bungalow. The door at the rear 6f the room, opening on the real of the hotse. The windows on the right of the room. tise Any of these entrances could have been used by the murderer while Taylor was. escorting Mabel Nor- mand, screen star, to her: waiting limousine in front of the house. The angle at which the death bul- let entered Taylor’s body gives po- lice a clew as to the position of the murderer when the shot was fired. The bullet entered Taylor’s ‘back, took a sharp upward angle and pene- trated one lung. From this angle officials say that the murderer either held his weapon very low or was in a crouching posi- tion when he fired. ) CASES BEFORE RAIL COMMISSION The state railroad’ commission has dockeled the following new cases: Application of the Farmers Cyoper- ative Elevator Co. of Watford City to sell $15,000 capital stock, increasing their capital by that amount. Application of the Harvey Milling Co. to sell_to the . Harvey Electric SKETCH SHOWS POSITION OF DEATH ROOM WHEN THE CRIME may lead to the seizure of Taylor’s; I was in a room in the Hollywood bungalow that Taylor was shot to Light:and Power Co. Application of I. A. Metzger, Attor- nev of Williston for a crossing one mile east of Williston. Application by Osborne Township of Vanhook for overhead crossing over Soo Line Track at corner of Section 27, 28, 33 and 34. Avplication by the Great Northern ailway Company for permission to change. train service between Dovils Lake and Minot. REGAN ELEVATOR. . COMPANY WINS) Following hearing of the case of C. 1. Johnson against the Fatmers Union Elevator and Mercantilé Company of Regan, Judge Nuessle placed a value upon Johnson’s homestead property of $6,000. Decision in the case fav- ored the defendant, with decision on one point reserved. The case arose from the judgment obtained by the elevator company and the suit was by Johnson to quiet title. The com- pany had a judgment of a few hun- dred dollars and the question arose as to whether the value of unemcum- PUBLIC HEALTH WORK IN W. D. 1S 100 VARIED Dr. H. E. French, Sec. of State Dept. of Public Healtlh, Criticizes System N. D. 38rd IN EFFICIENCY Official Says “It Would Not Be Too Much To Say Our Ef- forts Are a Joke” Minot, N. D., Feb. 15.—North Dako- ta’s Public Health Agencies are too varied and not well coordinated, Dr. H. E. French, secretaty of the State Department of Public Health told the seventeenth annual convention of the North Dakota Funeral Directors Asso- ciation here today. This is due to the lack of system or rather to the use of a system that has grown up with the years as certain items have been stressed before certain sessions of the legislature. f : Public Health work, according to Dr. French, means the efforts put forth by organized societies to secure better health for’ the individual. mem- bers ,of society. This work and the results desired may ‘be the efforts of eitner government or of volunteer or- ganizations. The general public con- siders the, term of Public Health as applying to the functions of govern- ment agencies. The term does not mean state medicine. The legitimate field of public. health work, Dr. French believes is in the control of communicable diseases, child welfare, the medical care of cer- tain dependent groups and, incidental- ly, oreas a means to an end, vital statistics and public instruction in hygiene and sanitation. ~ Confined to the premises outlined there is no valid objection to public health work, Dr, French told the di- rectors present and gave it as his opinion also that there was little ob- jection among the people who had an understanding of the work being done by the different agencies promoting public health, The examples to prove the efficiency and the value of the work being done are numerous. N. D. Ranks Low North Dakota’s standing in the tanks of the states attempting to do public health work is low, according to the statistics presented by the | speaker, the state being thirty third in efficiency, among the lowest in the amount ‘of money spent per capita and not a part of the Registration Area of the United States census. “In some respects at least,” Dr. French said at the end of his discussion of standing, “it would not be too much to say that our efforts are a joke.” Situation is Bad. “The situation is ‘bad in North Da- kota,” continued Dr. French, “not because we do not have plenty of laws and rules and rot because the people and. the legislatures have been un- willing to make some provision, at least, whenever any better way has been pointed out. The difficulty arises from the fact that our system, or rather lack of system has simply grown. It has been added to plece:by piece. New agencies have been mul- tiplied until there is at present but little co-ordination and little harmony among many independent agencies. “North Dakota might well spend more money for Public Health work; but it might spend no more than the combined budgets of its various agen- cies at present and secure much greater efficiency should its efforts be reorganized and placed under ‘the contro] of a full time Health Officer. MANY CHANGES IN EXCISE TAX U. S. Bureau of Internal Revenue Details Many of Them With the repeal by the revenue act of 1921 of the so-called “luxury tax” on articles (yl men's and women’s wearing apparel and other changes in tax legislation, the Bureau of Inter- nal Revenue has issued new regula- tions( 47 and 48), relating respective- ly, to the excise tax on sales by the manfacturer of certain articles—auto- mobiles and accessories, cameras, candy, firearms, cigar and cigarette holders, liveries, hunting garments, carpets, rugs, trunks, etc.—and the excise tax on works of art and jew- elry, e The principal changes in the latter taxes are that the tax on works of art is reduced from to 5 per cent and that the tax on jewelry and simi- lar articles, which remains at\5 per cent no longer, includes gold or sil- ver ornamented glasses and spec- tacles. The tax on works of art at- taches on all sales except the orig- inal sale by the artist, a sale to an educational institution or public art museum and sales by dealers for re- sale. - While the tax on musical instru- ments has been repealed, certain in- struments such as cornets, clarinets, etc., if made of or ornamented with silver or other precious metal are taxable. Fountain pens if equipped with DAILY me SERVICE @ BISMARCK. NORTH DAKOTA w Katovin all over the Northwest for Quality ®MAIL US YOUR FILMS © CAPSULES bered property equalled or exceeded the judgment. The judge found it ex- ceeded the amount. : Beware ofcounserfoital - Great Economy With Great Comfort Overland owners are getting 25 miles and more gasoline. to the gallon Oil and tire mileage is high. Comfort is assured by Triplex Springs which smooth out the jolts on every kind of road. = G05 = SEDAN Toledo Roadster + + #595 Touring - - $595 Coupe - - #850 Lahr Motor Sales Co. 300 4th Street. Distributor Bismarck, N. 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