Various German societies, which had been founded for the purpose of helping needy Germans and German-Americans, also to aid German Hospitals and German Institutions of any kind, finally decided to combine as one incorporated Organization. This has been already accomplished,and the incorporation-papers were made out accordingly.

The new organization will be called the"German American Charity Association" and will carry on with its charity work among the German elements of Chicago. The officers of the new organization are: William Rehm, president, Horace L. Brown, vice President, Lessing Rosenthal, 2nd Vice President, H. A. Eschenburg, treasurer, Wm. G. Wassmannsdorf, secretary, and Karl Eitel, Julius Loewenthal, Arthur Woltersdorff as advisers.