The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-09-17
holiday HAS BEENPR0CL
Superintendent Of Schools Arranges to
Have Thousands of Kenosha School
Children Take Part in the Parade
for Peace-Announce Program Soon.

FfLct There Be Peace" This is to
be the universal slogan promulgated
throughout the country following the
great peace demonstration to be held
in Kenosha on Saturday when the en-
tire north shore will unite under the
direction Of the City Of Kenosha and
the Chicago Examiner in bringing to
the notice of the people the demand for
universal peace. The plans for the
great celebration are growing and to-
day it appears certain that Saturday
will witness in Kenosha one Of the
greatest demonstrations ever known by
q peace loving people.
The mayor this morning announced
that he would issue formal proclama-
tion declaring Saturday a holiday in
Kenosha and business will be suspended
In all public Offices in order to permit
all the people of the city to join in the
demonstration. He will take the mat
ter up with the managers Of Kenosha
factories and it is not improbable that
several of the factories will close down
on Saturday afternoon in order to al
lw their people to have part in the OBJ
seryanee of the day
Mrs Mary D. Bradford, superinten-
dent Of the schools of the city got into
the movement, heart and soul this
morning and announced that she would
call a meeting of the principals of all
the schools of the city for Thursday
aftencS Vi whiei ti4He FleBs vi. ba
made TO have the children Of the
schools of the city take part in the
demonstration irhe parochial schools
viii not be forgotten and it is expected
that an army Of children five thousand
strong, will march in great peace
parade of the children. They will be
massed at Central Park and at Eichel-
man Park and under the direction of
Miss Cameron, director of music in the
city schools, will render a program of
patriotic songs. Thousands of flags
will be carried by the school children
in their march about the city and it is
expected that this will be a great les
son in patriotism as well as instill in
the hearts of the children this great
movement for universal peace.
Kenosha is only a small part in the
big peace movement, but it will have
the most notable part in the program
for the day. The promoters of the
movement in Chicago have set the mark
at five thousand automobiles to take
part in the parade to Kenosha. All
ready more than thousand owners of
automobiles have assured the promoters
of the big pageant that if the weather
permits they will join in the demon
stration. The Chicago Automobile Club
has taken hold of the plans for the big
gathering and letter has been sent
to every member of the club asking
that he join in this showing of the
feeling of the people of Chicago and
the surrounding cities leading up to
peace in Europe. All along the line
the procession of automobiles viii find
gayly decorated cities and towns and
marching school children.
Oliver w. Thompson, superintendent
of the schools of Waukegan, has an
nounced that the streets of Waukegan
will be lined with singing school child
rem and similar plans are being worked
out by all of the villages and cities
along the road between Chicago and
Kenosha.
Racine and Milwaukee are planning
to contribute their part to the big
demonstration and the delegation from
Racine is to be organized under the di-
rection of the Racine Commercial Club
while that from Milwaukee will be in
charge of the Milwaukee Automobile
Club.
Representatives of the Chicago com
mittee will come to Kenosha this after
noon to confer with the officials of the
city in completing the details for the
big peace gathering.
ono formal program for the day can
be given out until after we have held
q meeting with the Chicago promot-
ers'' said the mayor this morning. 81
feel convinced that the big pageant
will bring lot of people to Kenosha
and it is one of the most unusual cele-
brations ever held in any city. We
are hopeful that we have the active 60,
operation of every man, woman and
child in Kenosha. The day viii be set
apart as Peace Day. in Kenosha and
a proclamation viii be issued declaring
that part of the day during the cele-
9ration a holiday