Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25
Poor Remembered by Charitable
Throughout Every Part of
the Nation.
SANTA PLAYED TO THE WORLD
New York Preachers Today Will
Speak for Suffering in Europe.
AID OF BELGIANs TO BE PLEA
Cali for Help for Distressed Vtc-
tins of Dreadful War Sounded
from PuIpits of Gotham
Churches.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24-In their Christ
mas sermons tomorrow more than 1900
ministers of all denominations throughout
the United States. II not the entire world,
will dwell at length upon the needs of
starving Belgium.
This action of the priests ana ministers
and bishops, II was stated tonight In an
announcement by the commission for re-
lief in Belgium, will come as a result of
= a request in countrywide form to them
by the commission.
Among those who will take up the war
in their sermons is the Rev. Frederick
T. NJ. c. Birmingham OF Nebraska. who.
It Is stated. is the author of sermon
entitled World Peace" which was
printed as a public document by congress
in July. 1918.
II was said at the office of the commits
sion for relief in Belgium today that the
entire cargo of the steamer Feronna, sail
ing from Philadelphia for Rotterdam
should be credited to the Rockefeller
foundation, as 1t was donated entirely
by 1t.
Observance at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Dec. A.-While hundreds
of children sang corals and band played
selections appropriate to the season. a
large crowd thronged the public square
tonight, the occasion marking Cleeland's
second festivities in connection with the
community Christmas. A mammoth
Christmas tree, decorated with scores of
electric lights lowered above the crowd
The zone of the charity work extended
outside of Cleveland, including the east
eru Ohio coal fields, where 1900 miners
have been on STRIFE since April 1. Many
families In that section were sent cloth
ing and food.
Celebration mt st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec A-Christmas
festivities hero opened this evening with
a municipal celebration around a great IL
Illuminated cedar tree which had been set
UP on Twelfth street plaza. Seventy-five
smaller trees lined the plaza. A chorus
OF $50 sang Christmas carols around the
tree, after which they went to all parts
OF the city and sang in front OF every
window in which a lighted candle had
been placed.
BOY Scouts Play santa.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. A.-Five
thousand persons. 1000 of them Boy
Scouts, played Santa Claus in Kansas
City's Christmas celebration, begun to-
night. They played Santa Claus for
children. for grown persons. for Euro
pean war sufferers, for Colorado strike
sufferers and for animals.
The Boy Scouts, working in troops, CO.
operated with a charitable organization
in caring for the citys poor. They re-
ported. so far as they knew. not pow
erty-stricken family had been neglected.
Boxes of clothing and food. collected
under the direction of Frank p. Walsh,
chairman of the Federal Commission on
Industrial Relations, were sent to the
Colorado strike sufferers Tomorrow
plans are being made to entertain $500
children in Convention hall at the
mayors Christmas tree.
The horses of the city were given a
Christmas dinner at Convention hall,
every animal getting half a bushel OF
oats.
Candle in Windows.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 4-In
thousands of windows here tonight can
dies were burning In celebration OF
Chris tmaseve. The custom in vogue
throughout several European countries,
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