Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-04
MILLION SEE BIG
CHICAGO PARADE
Marchers Pass Before Mayor and
Guests in Reviewing Stand at
Rate of 10 a Minute.
WILL LAST FAR INTO THE NIGHT

Chicago, June 3.-Passing at an av-
ersge rate of 10000 an hour. Chi
cagoans, sixteen abreast, marched
through flag bedecked streets in the
greatest parade the city ever saw.
( Estimates were made that the total
. number OF marehers would approx
mate 10000.
Par-ders to the number of 63,72l
had passed the reviewing stand at |
p. IN. after four hours Of marching.
1t was an unusually dignified pa
rade. Nor was there ever before in
Chicago such display of patriotic
emblems.
During the first two hours OF the
parade an unharmonious banner OF
huge proportions was strung across
the Lake View building. II read:
There are 100000 marching in this
parade. There are 100000 farmers
and 100000 workers against pre-
paredpess. Are you sure you are
right"
Thousands OF marchers jeered the
banner and it was finally called to
the attention OF the police, who re-
moved it.
Two men said to have been re-
sponsible for its appearance were ar
rested They were Captain Horace
B. Wild, the balloonist and mem
Der OF the United States Aerial re-
serve, and Z. B. Thomas. Captain
Wild said the banner was sent him
from New York by the Woman's
Peace party with the request that
he hang il in a conspicuous place.
The suffragists, about fifty OF them,
held private parade Of their own,
led by Miss Alice Paul, chairman OF
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage.
Chicago, June 3.-The great Chi
cago preparedness parade, in which
100000 marchers were enrolled,
started at 9 o'clock this morning un-
der perfect weather conditions. Bus
mess in the downtown district was
nearly at standstil, while practically
the entire city devoted itself in some
way 70 the demonstration. II was es-
timated that million persons packed
Grant Park near the starting place OF
the parade and the side lines along its
three and one-half-miIe route.
Marching sixteen abreast, accord
ing to tabulations by corps OF clerks
organized for the purpose, 2032 pa
raiders passed the reviewing stand in
the first twelve minutes.
II was said that at this rate ii was
evident that all OF the 100000 persons
enrolled could not march, unless the
demonstration were continued until
4 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Mayor Reviews Parade.
Mayor Thompson, prepared for a
long siege, had arranged for lunch
cons TO be brought to the reviewing
stand for himself and other distin-
guished citizens.
Trains from the suburban and
neighboring states poured their loads
through the city's gateways to mingle
with the holiday throng gathered from
every nook and Granny OF the city.
Every bit Of space where a spectator
might view the marchers was taken
and nearly everybody carried flags,
or at least coat lapel emblems.
Throughout the city homes, BUSH
ness Offices and factories were vivid
with patriotic eolors.
Two thousand FIVE hundred police
men, practically the entire day force
Of the police department, kept the line
Of march clear.
The parade was managed from
central telephone Office in direct CON
nectior with 10 substations. Thus
General Z. c. Young, |. N. G. grand
marshal, through Captain Sheldon, his
aide, was able at all times to maneuver
. the great divisions
Many Nationalities Represented.
All branches OF the city's life were
represented and all nationalities-
straight Yankee, English, French,
German, Austrian, Russian, Italian,
Greek--all of Europe and parts Of
Asia. Many women were in line and
there were millionaires, too, heads of
Chicago's greatest industries, who
were not content to arrange for the
appearance of their employees, but in
sisted on enrolling themselves.
A squad OF checkers working for
newspaper counted Fl 800 marchers
passing the reviewing stand in the
first hour. The head OF the parade
covered the route in seventy-five min
utes, fifteen minutes faster than the
time estimated.