The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-31
most One Million Dollars WIN be
spent BY New York Night owls
in Greeting 1918 Appro-
prlateIy.
Is 0UTLANDIsH DIN
hurch Chimes Cannot be Heard on
Account Of the Rio. Of Noise
Which viii Break Out
At Midnight.

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NEW YORK, Dec. s1.-There viii
y safe and sane New Years cele.
bratton" here tonight. No less an
uthority than James Riis, noted
bhilanthropist and friend OF Colonel
Roosevelt, says SO. To effect It he
Eill have four Scotch pipers, kits
md all. bag-pipe the advent OF the
eear In Herald Square. And In add.
ion he will have bands in City Hall.
Enion Square and Madison Square
arks to help out.
The police, however, are not sure
BE pipers will take favorably in Her
ID Square. For the rank and file OF
Broadway habitues have openly ad.
pitted that they are none too favor
ble to a musical campaign. Noise
Wits better and Judging by the enorm.
BUS sales today OF cowbells, giant
horns and rattiers and every manner
b outlandIsh continuance for shatter.
Ing the ear drums, little old 1918 will
BE acclaimed IN due and regular form.
And II that brand OF Scotch pipers
manages to navigate Herald Square In
the face OF the crowd that will be
there at midnight they will be we'll
nigh superhuman, In connection with
the band concerts in the parks, there
IEill be singing by various organiza-
Hons and in Union Square park the
.rlvxsfun Army Will macs all Of -fts
|pands and members in the greater
[rity for a celebration.
There Will be the usual display In
|fhe hotels and restaurants. Every
resort from the little lnpretentious
coffee house of the east side to the
great garish new hotels OF Broadway
|has sold out its tables. The suburbs
nave risen en- masse and will march
|on the city prepared to ---elcome the
Elittle stranger in approved New
York style.
fhe charge for places at the tables
varies but the average is about sS a
cover. In some places this includes
meal, In Others 1t does not. And in
most OF the places it Is asserted that
no drinks. but wine will be served.
But the rank and file of New York
ers Will see the incoming of the New
year from the sidewalks. The pro-
cession will mill about In lower Broad
way to hear the chimes Of Trinity
md st. Paul's although 1t is admitted
mat In years no one has been able
g distinguish the sound OF the bells
because OF the outlandish din in the
streets. And from the Battery to
siffy-ninth street the procession will
1ass with the police working over
'lrne to keep the trolley cars moving
"a task they are usually unable to
accomplish
confetti will not be interfered with,
ne police say, but there will be a
Iliick eclipse of users OF '.ticklers
ND the like. and all who do not like
vine, from pocketbook reasons or any
Liner, Can get all of the other kind OF
iQuid refreshments they like in the
400 saloons and bars that line the
noroaghfares usually frequented by
he marchers.
Al IN all IT promises to be a fine
light on shore and 1t was conserv-
lively estimated that the actual cost
4 greeting the New Year in this city
glone will reach close to the million
iollar mark.
IN Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.Decked out as
lashing boulevarders and sparkling